Landing in a smoke filled, unprepared LZ on a medevac mission. The aircraft struck bamboo in the LZ
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13896
The Army purchased this helicopter 1165
Total flight hours at this point: 00000788
Date: 04/23/1967
Accident case number: 670423061
Unit: 498 MED
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 6600
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC O3 MURPHY TW
Accident Summary:
The right cargo door came off in flight
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13896
The Army purchased this helicopter 1165
Total flight hours at this point: 00000869
Date: 07/18/1967
Unit: 498 MED
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
Unknown this helicopter was Landing at 0025 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 2 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, COMM SYS
Casualties = YES . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P2, 73274 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13896
The Army purchased this helicopter 1165
Total flight hours at this point: 00001414
Date: 08/21/1968
Accident case number: 680821231
Unit: A/1 AVN 1 INF
The station for this helicopter was Saigon 02 in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 65189
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC W1 STRONG R
P W1 MILTON CL
Accident Summary:
WO Strong, aircraft commander, was at the controls. He started the aircraft, and called for takeoff instructions. He received takeoff instructions and was told to advise when hover check was complete. He was cleared left and right by the gunner and crew chief. He brought the aircraft to a hover and acknowledged the tower transmission. WO Strong turned the nose of the aircraft 90 degrees to the left and began hovering sideways to the left. At this time the crew chief yelled to WO Strong not to come to the left because of an aircraft to the left. WO Strong did not stop in time and the tail rotor hit the main rotor blades of the aircraft, a UH-1H sn 67-17534 a slick assigned to the 525th MI group at Dien Hoa which was parked with the main rotor blades tied down and with no one around the aircraft. At contact of the tail rotor, the hovering aircraft lost directional control and the tail turned to the left. At this time the pilot, WO1 Milton helped WO Strong put the ship on the ground. The aircraft landed hard. When the aircraft was on the ground, WO Milton shut off the throttle and turned off the fuel
This record was last updated on 04/17/1997
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13896
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 1165.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
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DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7109 43 2149 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7110 37 2186 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7111 0 2186 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7112 0 2186 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7201 0 2186 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7202 35 2221 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7203 24 2245 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7204 27 2272 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7205 0 2272 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7206 0 2272 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7207 0 2272 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7208 33 2305 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7209 28 2333 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7210 28 2361 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7211 8 2369 WAPBAA HHC 8TH INF DIV GERMANY EUROPE 7212 0 2369 WAPBAA 8 ID AVN CO GERMANY EUROPE 7301 1 2370 WAPBAA 8 ID AVN CO GERMANY EUROPE 7302 16 2386 WAPBAA 8 ID AVN CO GERMANY EUROPE 7303 42 2428 WAPBAA 8 ID AVN CO GERMANY EUROPE 7304 18 2446 WAPBAA 8 ID AVN CO 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