21 October 2014:
AT-3 x 2.
0815 and 0847.
Thunder Tigers, ROCAF, based at ROCAF Academy, Kang Shan, Kao Hsiung County.

11:17 AM, during a rolling manoeuvre training (see below), collided.
Two of a flight of at least three.

0847 RTB, and at 11:24, landed at ROCAF Academy.

0847 pilot wasn’t wounded.

Lieutenant Colonel YANG Zhi Ping.
37 years old.
2,459 hours.
Year 89 Class, ROCAF Academy.
Posts included district commander, intelligence officer, aviation safety officer, test flight officer, and qualification officer.
Married, with 3 years old daughter.

0815 crashed, about 1.5 NM south of home base, near Zi Guan gas station, Zi Guan District.

0815 pilot ejected, but killed (see below).

Lieutenant Colonel (posthumous Colonel) ZHUANG Bei Yuan.
37 years old.
2,580 hours, with 1,566 hours in AT-3.
(Or 2,517 hours?)
Year 88 Class, ROCAF Academy.
Posts included qualification officer.
Married, with 10 years old son.

(Both were Lieutenant Colonel.)

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/local/20141021/491789/1/AT-3%E6%AE%89%E8%81%B7%E4%B8%AD%E6%A0%A1%E6%95%99%E5%AE%98%E8%8E%8A%E5%80%8D%E6%BA%90%E5%B0%8F%E6%AA%94%E6%A1%88

Zhuang’s photo:

http://udn.com/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS1/9013221.shtml

Farmers/witnesses claimed it crashed into a corn field, bounced, and again crashed at 100 m behind the gas station.
They heard at least four explosion noises, hurried to the wreck, and didn’t find the pilot.
400 m from the wreck, they found the pilot, without life sign, strapped to his seat, and parachute partly opened, possibly because of the low-altitude bail-out.

0847 was #4, and 0815 was #6, in Thunder Tigers flight.

Article that clarifies the rolling manoeuvre:

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/local/20141021/491841/%E3%80%8C3%E6%A9%9F%E5%B0%BE%E9%9A%A8%E6%BB%BE%E8%BD%89%E3%80%8D%E9%9B%A3%EF%BC%819%E7%A7%92%E5%AE%8C%E6%88%90720%E5%BA%A6%E6%BB%BE%E8%BD%89

Performed by three aircraft: #4 to #6.
#5 flies on, level and straight.
With #5 as centre and axis, #4 and #6 roll around for 720 degrees in nine seconds.

Crash site is near Zi Guan Elementary School.

http://www.zgp.ks.edu.tw/

The school is on the east side of highway #17.

http://www.urmap.com/map?qs=%E5%B8%82%E7%AB%8B%E6%A2%93%E5%AE%98%E5%9C%8B%E5%B0%8F&center=22.75959303991136,120.26466698963544&zoom=10

Gas station is on the west side.

http://www.cpc.com.tw/big5_BD/tmtd/station/Default.asp?StnID=D515L&pno=65

https://plus.google.com/110076559546250647569/about?gl=hk&hl=en

Coincidentally, three other Thunder Tigers pilots also bought the farm on October 21 in 1956 (one) and 1959 (two).

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/local/20141021/491628/
http://hkm.appledaily.com/detail.php?guid=53041777&category_guid=10793096&category=instant&issue=20141021

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20140916-OYT1T50000.html

14 September 2014:

Iwakuni JMSDF AB, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

During Iwakuni JMSDF AB air show, about 150 primary school students pulled two ropes, and moved a P-3C that weighed 56 tons.

(56 tons x 1,000 kg/ton / 150 children = 373.3 kg/child … ?)

http://jl77077707.pixnet.net/blog/post/104152384-%E6%96%B0%E5%BA%97%E7%A2%A7%E6%BD%AD%E7%A9%BA%E8%BB%8D%E7%83%88%E5%A3%AB%E5%85%AC%E5%A2%93

Blog article dated 2014/04/06.

Photos of gravestones at Xin Dian Bi Tan ROCAF cemetery.

Gawking at gravestones to figure out ROCAF accident details is a morbid hobby.
Sigh.

http://www.asagumo-news.com/homepage/htdocs/news/newsflash/201408/140801/14080102.html

Article updated on 2014/08/01.
Ceremony happened on or before this date.

UH-60J.
8961. #61.
22nd Koukuugun [Fleet Air Wing 22], JMSDF, based at Oomura JMSDF AB, Nagasaki Prefecture.

First UH-60J retire ceremony, after 22 years and six months.

Flew distance equals to 36 times around Earth.
Medevac, 89 sorties.

http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/22aw/history/history.html

22 AW official history.

1992 May, equipped SH-60J.
2007 July, equipped SH-60K.
2008 March, equipped UH-60J.

21 July 2014:
Probably Mi-171.
PLA or PLAAF.

About 4:40 PM, crash-landed at a farm, at Wang Si Town, Da Yi County, Cheng Du City, Si Chuan Province.

Five crew wounded.

Witnesses claimed the helo wobbled as it descended, hit the perimeter wall of a factory, and crash-landed on its ****.
Its rotors kept turning, until it rolled onto its left side, when the blades hit the ground, and broke.

Witnesses feared it would explode, and hesitated.
When it didn’t, they rushed to rescue its crew.

After 10+ minutes, a second helo landed, and flew away with four less-wounded crew.
A local ambulance rescued a fifth crew.

Crash site was 50 m from Cheng-Wen-Qiong highway = highway that connects Cheng Du, Wen Jiang, and Qiong Lai.

About 7:56 PM, Si Chuan On-Line reporter at Da Yi County People’s Hospital, reported it was treating two wounded crew for fractures.
Both were men: FAN Hao (22), and LI Xiang Hui (21).

http://hkm.appledaily.com/detail.php?guid=52716286&category_guid=10793096&category=instant&issue=20140721

http://hkm.appledaily.com/detail.php?guid=52715993&category_guid=10793096&category=instant&issue=20140721

http://xf119.cpd.com.cn/n10534289/c24088136/content.html

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201407150015.aspx

Environment, human error blamed for Apache crash (update)

2014/07/15

Taipei, July 15 (CNA) – The environment and human error were found to be the main causes of the April [25 April 2014] crash of an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter in northern Taiwan, the Army said Tuesday morning when it presented the conclusions of its investigation into the accident.