- Date
- 2010-04-21
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- aviationmaritimeemergency-managementpublic-servicecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On April 21, 2010, a Coast Guard Air Station Detroit HH-65C helicopter crashed during nighttime hoist training in southern Lake Huron. The three aviators exited safely and were recovered by a Coast Guard utility boat; no injuries were reported.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper incident report with Coast Guard photographs, not an official accident investigation or complete operational record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "Whirly Goes Down."Reports the April 21 nighttime training crash, safe exit and recovery of three aviators by a Port Huron Station 41-foot utility boat, precautionary hospital checks, and later release without reported injuries. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Coast Guard incident report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard helicopter crashes during Lake Huron training, April 21, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-helicopter-crash-april-21-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "Whirly Goes Down." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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