ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77702
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| Date: | Saturday 22 October 2005 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Army, 3-158th Avn, B Co |
| Registration: | 96-26681 |
| MSN: | 70.2208 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oruzgan province -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Thirteen soldiers, including two battalion commanders, had a lucky escape Saturday morning when they survived a crash that destroyed their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a combat operation in Oruzgan province. No one was killed and only three soldiers were hurt, none seriously, when the command-and-control helicopter crashed during an attempted landing.
The tail rotor hit the ground, flipping the aircraft over.
Sources:
Scramble 318
http://www.pom-tom.de/Losses_OEF_dat2005.html
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 26-Sep-2012 07:22 | krasatpi | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2020 07:08 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
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