Ex Military Machines - Should They Be Banned
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Sorry to read about this today.
. Reg. No.: 556D M/M: H43B Desc: 1959 KAMAN HH-43B/F HUSKIE
Activity: Business Phase: Maneuver GA-A/C: General Aviation
Descr: 1959 KAMAN HH-43B HELICOPTER (LOGGING ACTIVITY) HAD PICKED UP LOAD, HEARD A LOUD BANG, LOST POWER, AND HELICOPTER CAME DOWN, 1 MINOR, MULLEN PASS, ID
WX: MLP METAR 261553 AUTO VRB06KT 10SM RA 9VC035 07/06 A3002
Damage: Substantial
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
D. Location. City: MULLEN PASS State: ID Country: US
E. Event Date: 6/26/01 Time: 1545
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: BIRD Reg/DO: NM13 DO City: SPOKANE
DO State: WA Others: NTSB MCCREARY
Dest: UNKN Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: UNK
Last Clearance: UNKN WX Briefing: U
Other:
AAI IIC:
. Reg. No.: 556D M/M: H43B Desc: 1959 KAMAN HH-43B/F HUSKIE
Activity: Business Phase: Maneuver GA-A/C: General Aviation
Descr: 1959 KAMAN HH-43B HELICOPTER (LOGGING ACTIVITY) HAD PICKED UP LOAD, HEARD A LOUD BANG, LOST POWER, AND HELICOPTER CAME DOWN, 1 MINOR, MULLEN PASS, ID
WX: MLP METAR 261553 AUTO VRB06KT 10SM RA 9VC035 07/06 A3002
Damage: Substantial
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
D. Location. City: MULLEN PASS State: ID Country: US
E. Event Date: 6/26/01 Time: 1545
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: BIRD Reg/DO: NM13 DO City: SPOKANE
DO State: WA Others: NTSB MCCREARY
Dest: UNKN Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: UNK
Last Clearance: UNKN WX Briefing: U
Other:
AAI IIC:
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As to the Kamans Pilot. Raise a glass in tribute. As to the aircraft and any suggestion that it may be due to the Aircraft being formerly military I think it can be said it was manufactured in 1959. Thats a long dam time for anything to be flying, even me. I guess its where the slogan comes from S*** Happens.
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Well here it is the truth in the statement pride goeth before a fall. 556D was our aircraft and sadly is now the insurance companies aircraft. I guess you can't be in this business forever without accidents. And we really can't fault the aircraft for the engine 
The good news is that the pilot is fine and ready to go logging again as soon as we get another ship together. And as it sits on the hill now it looks rebuildable. The sad news is I get to go help pull the broken bird off the hill. I'll take some pictures tomorrow and maybe show them here sometime.
Cheers
The good news is that the pilot is fine and ready to go logging again as soon as we get another ship together. And as it sits on the hill now it looks rebuildable. The sad news is I get to go help pull the broken bird off the hill. I'll take some pictures tomorrow and maybe show them here sometime. Cheers
