Investigation Blames USAF Pilot For 2023 UH-1N Helicopter Crash

A UH-1N, tail number 69-6666, after crashing at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
A U.S. Air Force pilot’s overcontrol during landing caused the crash of a Bell UH-1N helicopter during a training mission on Aug. 30, 2023, at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, the results of a newly released investigation say. The aircraft, used by the Air Force to patrol nuclear missile fields, was...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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