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05 MAR 96
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CW3 David E. Glamuzina [P]
SPC John T. Nessmith |
Hawaii |
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1-25 AVN
#68-15036
A/C crashed at Schofield Barracks when engine failed during a routine maintenance flight. |
07 SEP 93
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MAJ Philip J. Curtin II [IP]
USMC P killed |
California |
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Mid-air collision while conducting a nighttime evaluation of a Marine Cobra squadron at the Marine Air Ground Combat
Center at Twenty-nine Palms. Pilot was an Army Liaison to the Marine Air Combat School in Mesa Arizona. |
CPT Mark D. Rullman [P] (USMC)
1 other USMC P killed |
19 JUN 92
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CW2 Jeffrey L. Miller [P]
WO Casey K. Bronson [P] |
California |
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C/1-123 AVN
#67-15811
A/C crashed while conducting Aerial Gunnery practice when the engine failed due to a clogged engine inlet. The engine
inlet filter bypass failed. A/C plunged to the ground and caught fire on Ft. Irwin. |
13 NOV 91
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CW2 Robert D. Taylor [P]
LT Roy C. Zimmermann [P] |
Korea |
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C/5/501 AVN
#68-17065 & #79-23187
Midair collision between two AH-1 Cobra helicopters during an NVG training mission. |
2 pilots injured |
23 MAR 90 |
CWO Richard Stroh [P]
P injured |
New Mexico |
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#78-23076 
A/C crashed on Dona Ana range while checking range land on a flight from Ft. Bliss. |
14 FEB 89
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CWO Howard P. Osterlin [CP]
P injured |
Nevada |
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CO ARNG
A/C crashed at approx. 1330 hours near Indian Springs while en route to a Red Flag exercise in the desert at Nellis AFB
due to T/R bearing failure. |
16 MAY 88 |
2LT William H. Mixon Jr [IP]
WO Richard L. Demello [P] |
Alabama |
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USAATTC
A/C crashed in a swampy area about 10 miles south of Geneva during a test flight. |
06 DEC 86
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CW2 Ronnie D. Buckler [P] |
Germany |
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13 AHB
Killed when he was struck by the T/R blade while conducting an on-the-ground weapons systems check at Grafenwoehr. |
09 APR 86
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CWO Donald C. Miller Jr [P]
WO1 David M. Thomas [P] |
Georgia |
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Mid-air with CH-47 #85-24325 on Ft. Stewart. |
12 JUN 86
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CPT Patrick M. Keenan* [P]
CW2 Phillip Kennedy III [P] |
Kentucky |
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A/229 AVN
A/C crashed after a tree strike during a routine training mission at Ft. Campbell. *Keenan died of injuries while
in the emergency room. |
23 JAN 86
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CW2 Dale L. Morris [P]
PFC Ronald A. Swadley |
Germany |
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B/503 AVN
A/C crashed and burst into flames NE of Aschaffenburg due to weather while flying manuevers 'Certain Sentinel
86' from Grafenwoehr to Hanau. |
17 JAN 86
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CW2 Elmer D. Padgett Jr [IP]
1 injured |
Germany |
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11 ACR
Mid-air collision with an OH-58 Kiowa during Reforger near Marktredwitz at approx
1400 hours. |
09 SEP 85 |
1LT Kevin M. Cardwell [PC]
1LT Michael L. Pape [CP] |
Georgia |
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124 CAV (TX ARNG)
A/C crashed and burned in the Chatahoochee Forest on a training flight at approx. 0820 hours with the U.S. Army's Ranger
School. |
06 AUG 85 |
CW2 Michael L. Brown [P]
P injured |
Egypt |
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229 AHB
#78-23091
A/C crashed in the Sahara 30 miles W of Cairo during Bright Star military exercise. A/C hit a sand dune while giving a
demo flight to an Egyptian pilot. Killed when the back of head impacted the shoulder harness guide on the back of the
seat. |
11 MAR 85
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CW3 James G. Stewart [IP]
CW3 William E. Metcalf [P] |
Germany |
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B/8 CAB
#68-15045
A/C crashed during a night training mission just south of Finthen AAF. Cause of crash was determined to be Kaman blade separation.
Spar separated from honeycomb section of the blade causing the blade to cut off the T/B. NVG training flight with instrument approach. |
14 FEB 85
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1LT Carey L. Beavers [P]
CPT Tim Jensen [P] |
Alabama |
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USAAVNDTA
#76-22576 "BEARCAT 26"
A/C was on approach to LZ Runkle on the west side of Ft. Rucker at approx 1000 hours while on a acft parts development test flight.
A/C rolled inverted while on long final, hit two pecan trees then rolled into front of barn/shed. Cause of the crash was swash plate
bearing failure due to a combination of bad lubrication and K747 rotor blades that caused greater than expected forces on the pitch
links downward to the swash plate. |
17 NOV 84
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CW2 David R. Ammerman Sr [P]
CPT Larry G. Parker [P] |
Texas |
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D/1-124 CAV
A/C crashed after a wire strike about 5 mi N of Salado just off IH-35 at approx 2000 hours. |
19 AUG 83
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MAJ James M. O'Brien [P]
IP injured |
Maryland |
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USNTPS
A/C crashed and burned at approx 1140 hours on the shoreline of the Patuxent River in Calvert County while performing test pilot
training. M/R separated due to mast bumping causing blade to enter cockpit killing backseat pilot instantly. IP parachuted to safety. |
21 JUN 83 |
CW2 Todd J. Reichelt [P]
CP injured |
Colorado |
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A/4 AVN
A/C from Ft. Carson crashed into a grassy field NE of the Air Force Academy. |
12 MAY 83 |
CWO McDonald [IP]
1 injured |
Texas |
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B/7/17 CAV
#67-15834
A/C crashed while IP was giving a check ride on Ft. Hood. |
10 APR 82
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CW2 Larry Massey [P]
1LT Donald Parker [P] |
Texas |
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6 CAV
#71-20988
A/C was in a chalk #2 flight of six when it crashed and exploded near Garden City returning from
Gallant Eagle exercise at Ft. Irwin. Crash was caused by a failure of the white blade P/C link which broke in flight at
6,000'. A resulting severe one-to-one vibration caused the T/B to separate just forward of the stabilizer. Shortly
thereafter, the entire M/R and attached transmission separated from airframe mounts and departed vertically. |
16 DEC 81
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CW3 Duane M. Cochran Jr [IP]
CPT Clinton R. Edison |
Korea |
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4/7 CAV
A/C was on an area orientation flight and were in formation when a M/R pitch change link broke, causing a blade to go
through the front cockpit. Camp Stanley airfield named in honor of CW3 Cochran. |
12 JUN 81
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MAJ Douglas L. Dowd [P]
LT Robert S. Ellis [P] (USN) |
Maryland |
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USNTPS
A/C crashed and exploded at 1000 hours after a M/R blade failed and sliced through the cockpit which was attributed to
"mast bumping". |
27 OCT 80
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CPT Sean A. Murray [P]
1LT Thomas L. Axtell [P] |
Georgia |
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2/9 CAV
#78-23125
A/C crashed and burned in the woods near Hunter AAF at 2100 hours while returning from a routine training flight from Ft.
Stewart. Initial cause was engine failure, however pilot applied pitch too early during autorotation causing M/R RPM to bleed off
at a height of 150' AGL, causing A/C to descend vertically into the ground. |
02 NOV 79
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WO1 Michael R. Steele [P]
CW2 James H. Crump [P] |
Korea |
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C/4/7 CAV
A/C from Camp Stanton cruised into ground near Tongduchon, 9 miles N of Seoul at 120 KTS during VMC after DMZ/TAC zone
flight for new in-country pilot (Flight Surgeon) orientation. A/C hit the ground at greater than 30 G's. Suspect
hydraulic failure and control lock-up??? |
1979 |
CW2 Alan Gardner [P]
IP injured |
Alabama |
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A/C crashed during Cobra transition at Ft. Rucker.
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08 MAY 78 |
1LT Geary O. Bauman [P]
CW3 Gary L. Woodrum [P] |
Korea |
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4-7 CAV
A/C crashed north of Seoul. No details. |
02 DEC 74
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CPT James F. Smith [OB]
P injured |
Oklahoma |
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C-333 FA
A/C crashed after hitting telephone lines approx. 4 miles SE of Konawa near the North Canadian River while on a
cross-country training flight. |
07 AUG 74
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CW2 John W. Cohorn Jr [P] 
CW2 Ronald L. Tusi [P]  |
California |
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155 AHC
A/C crashed due to wire strike during a "Night Owl" exercise on the Hunter-Liggett Military
Reservation near King City and were flying with the first generation prototype NVGs. |
20 FEB 74 |
WO Charles W. Clemens III [P] |
Georgia |
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A/C crashed on the night gunnery range at Ft. Stewart. |
26 NOV 73
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CW2 Michael S. Knight [P]
WO1 Kenneth J. Knag [P] |
Oklahoma |
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C-333 FA
A/C was trail in flight of three when it crashed near Marlow on the Grady-Stephens county line while on
a cross-country training flight. Crash was due to M/R blade spar failure. |
26 OCT 73
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CW2 Michael D. Lovejoy [P]
CW2 Cleo R. Oney [P] |
New Mexico |
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1 CAV
A/C based from Ft. Hood crashed shortly after dusk just across the Texas border east of Vado, NM during exercise Brave Shield VI due to
wire strike. |
27 SEP 73 |
CW2 Billy T. Hackler [P]
1LT Richard W. Lally [P] |
Colorado |
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D/1/10 CAV
A/C crashed and burst into flames while on a training mission from Ft. Carson, 8 mi SE of the Arapahoe County Airport.
A/C was flying at approx 300' AGL and was observed to be making a steep turn, pulled up sharply, stalled and crashed. |
04 APR 73
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CW2 James M. Baker [P]
1 injured |
North Carolina |
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A/C crashed into trees near Catfish Lake after tail rotor failure at Ft. Bragg. |
28 MAR 73 |
CPT Patrick L. Henry [P]
CW2 Thomas D. Tennimon Jr [P] |
Kentucky |
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4/77 FA
A/C impacted in the range area of Ft. Campbell during gunnery practice which was attributed to target fixation, with
the pilot bearing down on the target and "placing the aircraft in an attitude, altitude, and airspeed from which
recovery to controlled flight was not possible prior to ground impact. |
15 JUL 72 |
CW2 Edmund L. Heynoski [IP]
CW2 James A. McMullin Jr [CP] |
Georgia |
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A/C crashed on helicopter gunnery range at Ft. Stewart during a training mission. |
19 MAY 71 |
CWO James A. Hilbun Jr
CPT Aaron Prodell (USAF) |
Germany |
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A/2 ACR
A/C crashed near Amberg. |
15 JAN 70
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1LT Benny C. Parker [IP]
1LT Michael F. Monroe |
Georgia |
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A/C crashed 4 mi SW of Hunter AAF while on a training mission due to T/R failure. Rotated clockwise at 200' and hit
trees. |
11 SEP 69 |
CW2 Edward Shanahan [IP]
1 injured |
Georgia |
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A/C crashed into trees during low level auto. approx. 10 min from Hunter AAF. |
15 JAN 68
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CW2 Kenneth C. Weaver [IP]
CPT Arthur A. Krull [P] |
Georgia |
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207 AVN
A/C crashed and burned in a field during routine training mission approx 1 mi from Hunter AAF. Cause of crash was determined to
be the design of a small door that fell off during takeoff hit the T/R. |
05 SEP 67 |
MAJ Theodore D. Strennen [P]
CPT Charles H. Evans [P] |
Georgia |
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A/C crashed in marsh lands surrounding the Ogeechee River near Savannah during flight test of new Cobra. |
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