dold
Structural
- Aug 19, 2015
- 619
This is up the street from my house so I figured I'd post it.
Two blackhawks were on a training exercise on the back side of a ski resort (Snowbird). Not sure exactly what their mission was.
They were in formation coming in for a landing. They appeared to be stationary and descending, maybe 30ft off the deck or so when the trailing blackhawk THROWS ONE OF ITS MAIN ROTOR BLADES INTO THE OTHER BLACKHAWK's TAIL ROTOR. They did not collide. A mechanical failure caused a main rotor blade to detach from the aircraft and the 'loose' rotor blade struck the other aircraft. Needless to say this put both of them on the ground.
No serious injuries are reported. Utah Air National Guard is investigating. Elevation at that spot is right around 9,500'. Weather was cold and clear. Winds appeared to be calm based on the videos.
See the link below for quite a few photos and videos. Pardon the 'source' here, but it has a great timeline. I'll update with more links.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://unofficialnetworks.com/2022/02/22/breaking-blackhawk-helicopter-crash-reported-in-mineral-basin-snowbird/[/url]
Youtube video of crash
Video of crash
Another video - note that this is an instagram story and might not be around for more than 24 hours
News report with some good vids
Two blackhawks were on a training exercise on the back side of a ski resort (Snowbird). Not sure exactly what their mission was.
They were in formation coming in for a landing. They appeared to be stationary and descending, maybe 30ft off the deck or so when the trailing blackhawk THROWS ONE OF ITS MAIN ROTOR BLADES INTO THE OTHER BLACKHAWK's TAIL ROTOR. They did not collide. A mechanical failure caused a main rotor blade to detach from the aircraft and the 'loose' rotor blade struck the other aircraft. Needless to say this put both of them on the ground.
No serious injuries are reported. Utah Air National Guard is investigating. Elevation at that spot is right around 9,500'. Weather was cold and clear. Winds appeared to be calm based on the videos.
See the link below for quite a few photos and videos. Pardon the 'source' here, but it has a great timeline. I'll update with more links.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://unofficialnetworks.com/2022/02/22/breaking-blackhawk-helicopter-crash-reported-in-mineral-basin-snowbird/[/url]
Youtube video of crash
Video of crash
Another video - note that this is an instagram story and might not be around for more than 24 hours
News report with some good vids

