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Accidents
There's a lot of similarity between Howard DGA accidents - namely, the frequent "Pilots' failure to maintain directional control." I'm posting summaries of some accidents, obviously without names.
Pilots need to be careful about how we judge those who messed up, but we can learn from their mistakes. If we have any "time" at all we know we've escaped the consequences of some folly that got others into trouble.
I remember the time early in my flying career when I carelessly, in referring to groundloops, repeated the line, "There are those who have and those who will," in front of my father, the late Chris D. Stoltzfus of Coatesville, PA. He said that we should never take the attitude that we couldn't groundloop an aircraft, nor should we embrace the casual attitude of that statement. He was right and it was a philosophy I embraced personally and passed on to others. Most of my hours, and most of my instructing, is in tailwheel aircraft and so far I and those I taught have avoided groundlooping an aircraft.
For the www.aviationarchaeology.com compilation of Navy NH-1 accidents, click here. |
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1964, 3/7, N4646W, cn unk, at Napoleon, MI, landing, overshot, nose over-down |
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1964, 7/1, N9843H, cn 1016, at Pekin, IL, jumpers, landing, overshoot, hit ditches |
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1964, 8/2, N67720, cn 1757, at Fairbanks, AK, aborted T.O., hit shoreline, destroyed |
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1964, 9/11, N69050, cn 1759, at Anchorage, AK, landing, lost directional control |
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1964, 9/20, N65595, cn 1760, at Deridder, LA, jumpers, takeoff, gear failed |
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1964, 12/22, N75599, cn 817, at West Chicago, IL, landing, no flaps, hit snow bank |
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1965, 4/18, N9045H, cn 955, at Basehor, KS, engine failure, gear collapsed |
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1965, 5/8, N1335M, cn 835, at Almont, MI, bounced, maybe flipped |
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1965, 10/15, N9926H, cn 970, at Manville, NJ, landing, lost directional control |
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1966, 5/7, N9120H, cn 1701, at Gilbertsville, PA, jumpers, stall-spin, 6-fatal, destroyed |
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1966, 6/1, N66546, cn 1776, at Renton, WA, hard landing, gear collapsed |
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1966, 8/27, N63427, cn 874, at Turner Falls, MA, jumpers, landing, lost directional control |
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1966, 9/25, N69050, cn 1759, at Afognak, AK, wx, 5-fatal, destroyed |
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1967, 1/2, N9887H, cn 748, at Zenia, OH, landing, hit soft spot |
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1967, 3/12, N5612N, cn 884, at Turner Falls, MA, jumpers, landing, LDC, hit snowbank |
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1967, 5/16, N22424, cn 523, at Phoenix, AZ, landing, lost directional control |
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1967, 7/2, N74696, cn 953, at Camp Lake, WI, hit fence posts |
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1967, 9/4, N9887H, cn 748, at Lynchburg, OH, jumpers, top blew out, hard landing |
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1968, 5/30, N5707N, cn 977, at Pekin, IL, jumpers, chute opened, minor |
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1968, 7/23, N67191, cn 974, at Rosamond, CA, landing, lost directional control |
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1970, 3/11, N62J, cn 1751, at Tracy, CA, landing, seat slid back, gear collapsed |
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1970, 9/26, N9056H, cn 965, at Skykomish, WA, crashed into lake, destroyed |
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1970, 10/4, N1149V, cn 924, at East Moriches, NY, landing, student pilot |
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1972, 5/27, N450Y, cn 728, at Albuquerque, NM, hard landing |
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1972, 8/26, N138J, cn 983, at Anhien Lake, BC, takeoff, hit trees, fire |
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1973, 2/4, N79530, cn 871, at Hartford, VA, fuel starvation, jumpers, destroyed |
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1973, 2/23, N65046, cn 731, at Elsinore, CA, ground collision |
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1973, 6/23, N5707N, cn 977, at Pekin, IL, engine failure, flipped |
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1973, 9/1, N67425, cn 1744, at Richfield, UT, DGA-15J, lost directional control |
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1973, 9/3, N5450N, cn 1815, at Amelia, OH, gear collapsed |
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1974, 3/24, N67458, cn 1774, at Phoenix, AZ, landing, major |
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1974, 5/4, N65E, cn 501, Lake Elsinore, CA, jumpers, engine failure, gear collapsed |
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1974, 5/19, N9887H, cn 748, at Franklin, WI, landing, lost directional control |
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1975, 5/4, N500DK, cn 751, at Fairbanks, AK, landing, gear collapsed |
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1977, 10/25, N273Y, DGA-6 replica, at Tonopah, NV., destroyed |
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1978, 4/19, N9125H, cn 767, at Fairbanks, AK, overweight takeoff, major |
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1978, 4/23, N3347G, cn 941, at Healdsburg, CA, engine failure, major |
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1980, 4/19, N22418, cn 517, at Murrieta, CA, jumpers, chute on elevator |
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1983, 3/7, N67771, cn 1713, at Mesa, AZ, lost directional control |
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1983, 3/22, N5553N, cn 978, at Livermore, CA, landing, tore left gear off |
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1983, N88WT, cn 782, DuPage Airport, lost directional control |
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1984, 7/16, N5553N, cn 978, at Tracy, CA, landing, lost directional control |
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1985, 7/26, N5604V, cn 859, at Fond Du Lac, WI, landing, major |
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1988, 10/16, N68119, cn 909, at Vacaville, CA, landing, lost directional control |
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1993, 10/8, N67433, cn 563, at Wichita, KS, landing, lost directional control (PDF) |
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1994, 12/3, N88WT, cn 782, at Las Cruces, NM, gear collapsed |
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1999, 5/25, N79M, cn 531, at Covington, KY, lost directional control |
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1999, 12/1, N35RH, cn 760, at Daytona Beach, lost directional control |
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2002, 6/24, N9471H, cn 813, at Deming, NM, dust devil, lost directional control |
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2003, 10/9, N9271H, cn 776, at Leonardtown, MD, bounced, lost directional control |
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2005, 2/22, N68431 , cn 991, at Daytona Beach, gear failure |
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2006, 4/28, N95462, cn 771, at Merritt Island, lost directional control |
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