ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68307
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Date: | Saturday 19 September 2009 |
Time: | 20:00 |
Type: | Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk |
Owner/operator: | United States Army |
Registration: | 79-23272 |
MSN: | 70089 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Balad Base -
Iraq
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:B Company, 1-137th Ohio National Guard helicopter crashed on approach to Balad. Bad weather under NVG flight. Sand storm and heavy rain caused loss of orientarion. Impacted the ground at approx. 100 mph.
Sources:
http://www.pronews.gr/defence/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8894&Itemid=46 Images:
Balad, Iraq Sept 2009
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Sep-2009 05:43 |
nikitas |
Added |
22-Sep-2009 12:27 |
Anon. |
Updated |
30-Sep-2010 23:57 |
hawk604 |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
07-Jan-2015 12:23 |
el_serj |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
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