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National Guard: Human error caused fatal New York helicopter crash

The Associated Press

3 days ago

Three National Guardsmen killed in a helicopter crash, Jan. 20, 2021, from left: Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda, age 54, from Rochester, NY; Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch, age 39, from Honeoye Falls, NY; and Chief Warrant Officer Two Daniel Prial, age 30, from Rochester, NY. (New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs via AP)

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Human error caused the crash of an Army National Guard helicopter during a January training exercise in upstate New York that killed three soldiers, National Guard officials have determined.

Actions taken by the crew during the Jan. 20 training flight “put the aircraft in a position where it became unrecoverable,” Col. Richard Goldenberg, public affairs officer for the New York National Guard, said at a news briefing in Rochester on Thursday.

The UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter crashed in a farmer’s field near Mendon, south of Rochester, at about 6:30 p.m., officials said.

Black Hawk’s stabilizing device 

failed before deadly crash in the Sinai

A flap affixed to the Black Hawk's tail failed 

multiple times and was being controlled manually 

when the accident occurred.

Kyle Rempfer

National Guard officials said the crew had been conducting night vision goggle proficiency training.

Killed in the crash were all three soldiers on board: chief warrant officers Steven Skoda and Daniel Prial, both of Rochester, and Christian Koch of Honeoye Falls.

The families of the three, all experienced pilots with past deployments to Afghanistan, have been notified of the findings of the Guard’s investigation into the crash, Goldenberg said.“Military aviation is inherently risky due to the complex flying environments that our pilots and crews have to prepare for,” Goldenberg said.

“It can also be an unforgiving environment, with life and deat