ACFT PICKED UP FROM PARKING PAD AND MOVED TO RW 50 FT AWAY LOST RPM SETTLED INTO DITCH AT SIDE OF RW SKIDS TORN OFF PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ROTOR RPM
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-09707
The Army purchased this helicopter 0266
Total flight hours at this point: 00000531
Date: 12/11/1966
Accident case number: H500
Unit: ARMY AVN DIV
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 4
costing 66658
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC KREINER JE
P WRIGHT HJ
Accident Summary:
ACFT AT NC ENG EMITTED LOUD METAL BREAKING NOISE THEN STOPPED MAJOR DAMAGE DURING LDG
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-09707
The Army purchased this helicopter 0266
Total flight hours at this point: 00001415
Date: 09/19/1967
Unit: 118 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
Unknown this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0050 feet and 035 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 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: UNK
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all 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, 73705 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-09707
The Army purchased this helicopter 0266
Total flight hours at this point: 00001518
Date: 10/13/1967
Accident case number: 671013061
Unit: 118 AHC
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 1220
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC O2 JACKSON CL
Accident Summary:
Because of fuel exhaustion, an autorotation was made ending with a hard landing.
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-09707
The Army purchased this helicopter 0266
Total flight hours at this point: 00001769
Date: 12/28/1967
Unit: 118 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 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 Tail Section
Systems damaged were: FLT CONTROLS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all 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, 74598 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-09707
The Army purchased this helicopter 0266
Total flight hours at this point: 00001875
Date: 02/08/1968
Unit: 118 AHC
South Vietnam
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-09707
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 0266.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6610 22 479 3364 BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 6611 18 497 3364 ARMY AVN DIV 6TH ARMY DUGWAY PG TEVALCOM 6612 34 531 3364 ARMY AVN DIV 6TH ARMY DUGWAY PG TEVALCOM 6701 38 569 3364 ARMY AVN DIV 6TH ARMY DUGWAY PG TEVALCOM 6702 95 664 3364 ARMY AVN DIV 6TH ARMY DUGWAY PG TEVALCOM 6703 61 725 WC4YAA 170 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6704 161 886 WC4YAA 170 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6705 137 1023 WC4YAA 170 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6706 78 1101 WC4YAA 170 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6707 17 1118 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6708 138 1256 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6709 159 1415 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6710 103 1518 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6711 132 1650 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6712 119 1769 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6801 106 1875 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
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