The Crash Itself
August 12, 2018
by Jim Johnson
The following information is directly from the Naval Safety Center incident report.. (xxxxx's indicate that sensitive information was removed).
The aircraft, an SH -2F, launched at 2027 hours EST on a routine night training flight.. Onboard were the Pilot, Copilot and one crewman. At 2130 hours. "Ops normal" was transferred from the helo to the tower. At 2230 hours after completing one touch and go the aircraft commenced a second approach. The aircraft was 250 feet of altitude and had turned in to base leg of the approach when xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx sparks from the aircraft. Shortly thereafter the helo was xxxxxxxx spinning about its vertical axis and decending. It impacted the runway inverted. No stress calls were received by the tower. The occupants were pronounced dead on the scene.
The aircraft, an SH -2F, launched at 2027 hours EST on a routine night training flight.. Onboard were the Pilot, Copilot and one crewman. At 2130 hours. "Ops normal" was transferred from the helo to the tower. At 2230 hours after completing one touch and go the aircraft commenced a second approach. The aircraft was 250 feet of altitude and had turned in to base leg of the approach when xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx sparks from the aircraft. Shortly thereafter the helo was xxxxxxxx spinning about its vertical axis and decending. It impacted the runway inverted. No stress calls were received by the tower. The occupants were pronounced dead on the scene.