National Guard: Human error caused fatal NY helicopter crash timesunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Karen A. Foote, 67, of 219 LeRay St., Black River, passed away June 27, 2021 at her home.
Born on April 26, 1954 in Watertown, daughter of Lloyd E. and Annette (Torrance) Foote, Karen graduated from Carthage Central High School in 1972. She then received her Associateâs Degree in Accounting from Jefferson Community College in 1974.
Karen worked for the Department of the Army serving in various positions during her 37 years of government service, culminating as a Budget Officer, Resource Management Division, United States Army Medical Department Activity. She began her career on December 30, 1974 at Fort Drum, and she served at various Army bases throughout the US during her career before retiring from Fort Drum on November 11, 2011.
ROCHESTER â A procedural error is being blamed in the helicopter crash that took the life of a former Livingston County man and two other Army National Guardsmen.
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch, 39, was piloting the UH-60 Blackhawk when it crashed into a Monroe County field during a Jan. 20 nighttime training flight.
He died in the crash, along with Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda, 54, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial, 30, both of Rochester.
âAll three pilots were experienced combat veterans,â said Col. Richard Goldenberg of the New York Army National Guard during a news conference Wednesday. âThe three had more than 50 years of combined flight experience. They were all devoted to Army aviation and flying.
New York Army National Guard officials say human error caused the military helicopter crash that killed three soldiers in Mendon earlier this year.
Col. Richard Goldenberg, public affairs officer for the New York National Guard, said that a procedural error while rehearsing an emergency training maneuver caused the fatal Jan. 20 crash. Specifically, he said, actions taken by the crew during training put the aircraft in a position where it became unrecoverable. It was, he said, an in-flight emergency related to the controls of the aircraft itself.
Killed were all three soldiers on board, chief warrant officers Steven Skoda and Daniel Prial, both of Rochester, and Christian Koch of Honeoye Falls.
National Guard: Human error caused fatal NY helicopter crash go.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from go.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.