Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16523
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0667
Total flight hours at this point:
00001624
Date: 01/13/69
Accident case number: 690113021
Unit: 57
AHC
The station for this helicopter was Kontum in
Number killed in
accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 670
Source(s) from
which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC W1 MULKEY JC
P W1 PASSANT F
Accident
Summary:
AC NOTICED SHUDDER FROM REAR OF ACFT EGT CLIMBED PAST 900 THROTTLE WAS ROLLED OFF & AUTO WAS EXEC ONLY AVAILABLE LDG AREA WAS DOWNWIND & HARD LDG RESULTED \
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16523
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0667
Total flight hours at this point:
00002508
Date: 06/16/70
Incident number: 700616241ACD Accident case
number: 700616241 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 118 AHC
The
station for this helicopter was Bien Hoa in
Number killed in accident = 1 .
. Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 1
costing 289345
Source(s) from which the
incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Loss
to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC W2 MOORE D
P O5 MORAN O
CE E4
BRUNO J
G E4 WILSON S
Passengers:
CPT MCCRONE JAMES ROLAND, AR,
PX, KIA;
Accident Summary:
THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AT NHA BE FOR FUEL. AT 1305 THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER, CW2 MOORE, RECEIVED CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER FOR HOVER DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 29. AFTER MAKING THEIR HOVER CHECK, ALL INSTRUMENTS READING NORMAL, THE PILOT MADE THE TAKE-OFF. SHORTLY AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT, HEADING GENERALLY WEST. ABOUT 150 TO 200 METERS OUT OVER THE NHA BE RIVER THE PILOT NOTICED HIS RPM DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 5000. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER TOOK THE CONTROLS AND TOLD THE PILOT TO PUT THE EMERGENCY GOVERNOR SWITCH INTO THE MEERGENCY POSITION. NO RISE WAS NOTICED BY EITHER PILOT IN RPM AS A RESULT OF THIS SWITCH. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER INITIATED A FLARE TO SLOW DOWN HIS FORWARD AIRSPEED. SECONDS LATER AT A VERY SLOW FORWARD SPEED THE TAIL BOOM HIT THE WATER, THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED FORWARD AND BEGAN TO SETTLE INTO THE WATER. AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED IT TURNED ON ITS' RIGHT SIDE. AS THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER WENT OUT THE LEFT DOOR THE PILOT PUSHED THE CYCLIC ALL THE WAY RIGHT TO ALLOW THE WATER TO STOP THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES. THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN ABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET OF WATER WITH THE ENTIRE CREW GETTING OUT SAFELY. NAVY PATROL BOATS PICKED THEM UP MINUTES LATER.\\
This record was last updated on 09/20/98
The following is crew member information for this incident:
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number
66-16523
It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter
and is not intended to be the final authority.
This helicopter was purchased
by the US Army in 0667.
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6706 0 0 W0Y6AA INTRANSIT IN TRANSIT AVCOMCTR 6707 78 78 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6708 108 186 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6709 103 289 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6710 161 450 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6711 115 565 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6712 85 650 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6801 70 720 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6802 89 809 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6803 76 885 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6804 94 979 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6805 102 1081 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6806 16 1097 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6807 119 1216 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6808 78 1294 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6809 0 1294 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN 6810 89 1383 WCDXAA 119 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6811 36 1419 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN 6812 100 1519 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN 6901 105 1624 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN 6902 46 1670 WC5CAA 572ND MI DET VIETNAM RVN 6903 0 1670 WC5CAA 572ND MI DET VIETNAM RVN 6904 0 1670 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR 6905 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 6906 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN STORAGE NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 6907 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN STORAGE NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 6908 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 6909 1 1671 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 6910 6 1677 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 6911 89 1766 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6912 125 1891 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7001 173 2064 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7002 100 2164 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7003 135 2299 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7004 93 2392 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7005 72 2464 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7006 44 2508 WFQ8AA 165 TC DS 34 GP VIETNAM RVN 7007 0 2508 WFQ8AA 165 TC DS 34 GP VIETNAM RVN 7008 0 2508 WHB1AA 166 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7009 0 2508 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR 7010 0 2508 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 7011 0 2508 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 7012 0 2508 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 7101 0 2508 NAT&GUARD NAT GDZI 7102 0 2508 NAT&GUARD NAT GDZI
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