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Article: Helos.
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- Flying Safety
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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FY08 was a small step back for U.S. Air Force helicopter mishap prevention. However, more importantly, our community again experienced no fatalities or serious injuries during the fiscal year. USAF helicopters experienced two Class A mishaps, four Class B mishaps, and 18 Class C mishaps during FY08.
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The H-l series experienced no Class A, one Class B, and six Class C mishaps in FY08. The Class B resulted from a UH-1N hard landing, damaging the landing gear cross tubes, transmission mast assembly, and the input drive shaft. FY08 was slightly worse for H-ls than the 10-year average for mishaps due to the number of Class C's.
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