Recent Guard UH-60 crashes do not indicate systemic problem, Army official says
By: Jen Judson   1 day ago
WASHINGTON — The Army National Guard has seen three UH-60 L-model Black Hawk utility helicopter crashes on U.S. soil in just over a year. Two of those happened within the first five weeks of 2021. But despite the pattern of incidents involving Guard Black Hawks, the Army’s aviation director in charge of operations, plans and training told Defense News in a recent interview that he did not believe there was a systemic problem across the fleet.
The Army National Guard lost six members total in accidents in January in New York and February in Idaho.
In December 2019, a UH-60 crashed in Minnesota, killing three guardsmen. A report from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center at Fort Rucker found one of the helicopter’s engines failed during a maximum power check while the other engine was idling, which caused a dual-engine failure.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/03/08/recent-guard-uh-60-crashes-do-not-indicate-systemic-problem-army-official-says/
