{"id":25133,"date":"2021-02-03T17:45:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/03\/three-pilots-killed-in-army-guard-helicopter-crash-near-boise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:24:54","slug":"three-pilots-killed-in-army-guard-helicopter-crash-near-boise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/02\/03\/three-pilots-killed-in-army-guard-helicopter-crash-near-boise\/","title":{"rendered":"Three pilots killed in Army Guard helicopter crash near Boise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three Idaho Army National Guard <\/a>pilots were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk <\/a>helicopter crashed south of Lucky Peak near Boise not long after 8 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew was conducting a routine training flight, though the weather that night was poor due to snowfall and fog, according to Guard officials. The crash marks the second time in less than a month that a three-man National Guard crew has been lost to a Black Hawk mishap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Idaho Army National Guard\u2019s state aviation officer, Col. Christopher Burt, said the aircraft took off at about 6 p.m. and made its last contact at 7:45 p.m. The crew had finished training and was supposed to be returning to Boise. No mayday calls were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 20 minutes later, an emergency transmitter aboard the aircraft was activated, Burt said. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, in Florida, received the signal from the transmitter and alerted the Idaho Guard, initiating recovery procedures, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air and ground search teams were then dispatched. The downed aircraft and the deceased personnel were located just after midnight Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cause of the accident is unknown but an Army Safety Investigation team from Fort Rucker, Alabama, is expected to be in Boise by Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\t