April 17 (UPI) — Officials say at least one person was killed Monday when a U.S. Army helicopter crashed at a golf course near Washington, D.C.
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk chopper crashed at the Breton Bay Golf Coursein Leonardtown just before 1:30 p.m., a Maryland State Police spokesman said.
Military.com reported that the aircraft belonged to the Army.
The Bay Net reported three people were reported aboard and one died at the scene. Two medical choppers were sent to the scene.
A witness in the course’s pro shop said the helicopter was flying low and spinning before the crash, perhaps indicative of trouble with the tail rotor, which controls a helicopter’s horizontal movement.
Leonardtown is 45 miles southeast of the nation’s capital.
The crash marks the second time in two weeks that a military aircraft crashed in the area. An F-16C jet crashed near Andrews Air Force Base on April 6. The pilot ejected safely.
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