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National Guard Helicopter crash near Utah ski resort caused by pilot error
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National Guard Helicopter crash near Utah ski resort caused by pilot error
By The Associated Press
Apr 21, 09:39 PM
FILE - An Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter is transported by a National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter to Heber Valley Airport on March 2, 2022, in Heber City, Utah, during recovery operations after two Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopters crashed during a training accident. (Rick Bowmer/AP, File)
SALT LAKE CITY — Whiteout conditions caused a Blackhawk helicopter pilot to lose sight of where he was trying to land, causing a February crash with another helicopter near a Utah ski resort that resulted in more than $9 million in damages, the Utah Army National Guard said Thursday.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SrA John Monette SFC (Join to see) GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Patrick Rasmussen
National Guard Helicopter crash near Utah ski resort caused by pilot error
By The Associated Press
Apr 21, 09:39 PM
FILE - An Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter is transported by a National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter to Heber Valley Airport on March 2, 2022, in Heber City, Utah, during recovery operations after two Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopters crashed during a training accident. (Rick Bowmer/AP, File)
SALT LAKE CITY — Whiteout conditions caused a Blackhawk helicopter pilot to lose sight of where he was trying to land, causing a February crash with another helicopter near a Utah ski resort that resulted in more than $9 million in damages, the Utah Army National Guard said Thursday.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SrA John Monette SFC (Join to see) GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Patrick Rasmussen
National Guard Helicopter crash near Utah ski resort caused by pilot error
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Nine times out of ten that's the finding, it's a dangerous occupation that requires intense concentration and training.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
..."Investigators chalked up the incident to human error because the pilot couldn’t figure out his position and had to rely on aircraft flight instruments, leading the Blackhawk rolling on its side and break its main rotor.
One piece of the rotor flew off and hit the tail rotor of the other helicopter that was nearby in the training exercise, investigators found.
The second pilot managed to land his Blackhawk despite spinning around after being hit. That pilot’s actions to safely land his helicopter were described as commendable by investigators."...
..."Investigators chalked up the incident to human error because the pilot couldn’t figure out his position and had to rely on aircraft flight instruments, leading the Blackhawk rolling on its side and break its main rotor.
One piece of the rotor flew off and hit the tail rotor of the other helicopter that was nearby in the training exercise, investigators found.
The second pilot managed to land his Blackhawk despite spinning around after being hit. That pilot’s actions to safely land his helicopter were described as commendable by investigators."...
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