Report: Deadly Minnesota National Guard Helicopter Crash Was Preventable

From CBS Minnesota:

By Erin Hassanzadeh

August 5, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Months after a helicopter crash took the lives of three Minnesota National Guard members, investigators say their deaths could have been prevented.

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk went down on Dec. 5, 2019 near Kimball, just south of St. Cloud.

An internal investigation reveals the crucial errors leading up to the crash, The first engine failed because a hydromechanical unit was not installed or inspected properly. The backup engine was in the idle setting, leaving nothing to power the helicopter.

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