Accident Reports

Black Hawk crash at Duncan Field

The Black Hawk crash at Duncan Field, Texas is under investigation by the Combat Readiness/Safety Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama, home of the U.S. Army Aviation Center. The probe team after reviewing the wrecked helicopter and debris scattered on Duncan Field, near the Corps of Cadets field on the school's College Station campus, about 100 miles northwest of Houston, Texas, took it all away for further investigation.

As part of a five-ship training exercise, the Blackhawk helicopter was performing a training demonstration for about 190 Corps of Cadets in the ROTC Rudder’s Rangers Annual Winter Field Training Exercises. When the helicopter took off, a rudder appered to malfunction. “At first, it looked like he was hot-dogging, “ said a spectator, himself a former student, “and then very quickly it became obvious he was in trouble ...all of a sudden he dropped straight back down into the ground.” The aircraft entered a rotational spin...