Posts Tagged ‘2009’

S/N # UNK USAF HH-60G “Pave Hawk” crashed landed after receiving heavy machine gun fire in an LZ and was forced to land 2 miles away from where they took off, the aircraft was later destroyed. The co-pilot suffered minor injuries. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/118300/airman-helps-rescue-3-injured-warriors-during-battle-in-afghanistan/

S/N 73-21840 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION During a night training sortie on 30 June 2009, a TH-l H aircraft, tail number (TIN) 73-21840, experienced a hard landing due to loss of tail rotor thrust at 2140 local time (L) in Conecuh National Forrest near remote training site 406 (RT-406), 43 miles west of Cairns…