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Hawaii Helicopter Crash

What: 25th Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter
Where: Hawaii Wheeler Army Airfield runway
When: 3:34 p.m May 27 2009
Who: 2 deaths
Why: While two soldiers assigned to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade were running a maintenance test flight on the two seat rotor when the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Helicopter made a hard-landing.

*Col. Matthew Margotta:”the accident a “hard landing” because the pilots were in control of the aircraft when it went down.”

George’s Point of View

The helicopter in question has been in service since 1991. Isn’t this well past the date for a helicopter’s active duty?

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