Aircraft had shut down and the crew chief was reaching for the main rotor blade when another aircraft flew over causing the main rotor blade to strike the tail rotor drive shaft cover
This record was last updated on 04/13/97
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16058
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0267
Total flight hours at this point:
00001752
Date: 02/08/70
Accident case number: 700208051
Unit: C/3/17
CAV
The station for this helicopter was Bien Hoa in
Number killed in
accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 900
Source(s) from
which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC O2 LARKIN RP
Accident Summary:
WHILE LDG IN LZ WITH NUMEROUS TREE STUMPS ACFT SETTLED ON STUMPDAM TO SECONDARY HELL HOLE ACCESS PANEL ICDT DAM \
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16058
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0267
Total flight hours at this point:
00001816
Date: 03/09/70
Accident case number: 700309051
Unit: C/3/17
CAV
The station for this helicopter was Di An in
Number killed in
accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 3368
Source(s)
from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center
database.
Crew Members:
AC O2 SPEIR JL
Accident Summary:
ON T/O IN GUSTY WINDS ACFT EXPC BLADE STRUCK TREE ICDT DAM \
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16058
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0267
Total flight hours at this point:
00002119
Date: 08/06/70
Unit: C/3/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident.
This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was an Unknown mission
While
on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000
knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Explosive Weapon;
Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges.
(ROCKET)
Systems damaged were: N/R
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: LNNF, JSIDR (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident
Damage Report. )
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number
66-16058
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 0267.
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
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