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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70998

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

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Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
May 1986 86-24503 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

In May 1986 the Aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date Tail Number Model Country Operator
16 September 1987 86-24503 UH-60A Flag U.S. Army

On 16 September 1987 this aircraft was on an NVG flight when it struck a set of High-Power Lines. The aircraft then impacted the ground in a nose high attitude were the tail boom separated from the aircraft. The aircraft then bounced back into the air, spun several times and came to rest about 300 feet from its impact point where it burned in a post-crash fire.

  • Unit Involved: 1/6th Air Cavalry Regiment
  • Mishap Location: Germany
  • Fatalities: 0