Incident Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk 80-23504,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77634
 
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Date:Tuesday 16 May 1989
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic H60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk
Owner/operator:United States Army Aviation
Registration: 80-23504
MSN: 70.262
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Guatemala City -   Guatemala
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The US Army UH-60A Blackhawk was coming in for a landing and banked to hard to the left and the rotors lost its lift, sliding 23504 into a hanger at the local Guatemala City Airport. The aircraft was based at Soto Cano Honduras during Task Force Southern Eagle deployment, and the home base was Ft Campbell Kentucky, Dco 326 Med Bn 101st Airborne.

Sources:

I was Flight Operations for Dco 326med Bn At Honduras when this happened.

Images:


This is a before picture taken with the children and then an image after the crash.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Sep-2010 14:30 ASN Archive
13-Mar-2017 14:36 TB Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities]
10-Oct-2019 09:08 TB Updated [Country, Narrative]
22-Oct-2019 08:11 michaelbur Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Photo]

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