ACFT WAS SHUTTING DOWN WHEN JEEP WITH ANTENNA DROVE TOO CLOSE &DMG ONE M/R BLADE \
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-15524
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0569
Total flight hours at this point:
00001654
Date: 10/06/70
Accident case number: 701006251
Unit: 135
AHC
The station for this helicopter was My Tho in
Number killed in
accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 5000
Source(s)
from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center
database.
Crew Members:
AC O2 WALSH JR
P W2 SMITH RK
Accident Summary:
AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL. TAIL ROTOR STRUCK WATER. ONE TAIL ROTOR BLADE SHATTERED. 90 DEGREE GEAR BOX STRIPPED. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.\\
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-15524
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0569
Total flight hours at this point:
00002255
Date: 12/08/71
Accident case number: 711208081
Unit: 48
AHC
The station for this helicopter was Marble Mountain in South
Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 1 . . Passengers =
0
costing 45334
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident
was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database.
Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss
to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC O2 ALLEN RB
P W1 NORDSTROM RL
CE
E5 SEITZ CR
G E4 DAVIS AE
Accident Summary:
AIRCRAFT ^68-15524^, A UH-1H, WAS ASSIGNED THE MISSION OF TROOP EXTRACTION WHICH BEGAN AT 0735 HOURS, 8 DECEMBER 1971. AFTER WEATHER DELAYS WHICH RESULTED IN ONE HOUR OF FLIGHT TIME THE MISSION WAS RESUMED AT 0930 HOURS. TWO SUCCESSFUL EXTRACTIONS OF TROOPS WERE MADE AT TWO DIFFERENT PICK-UP ZONES. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE TERMINATION OF THE APPROACH TO THE THIRD PICK-UP ZONE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THIRD IN A FLIGHT OF FIVE MAINTAINING THIRTY SECONDS SEPARATION. THE APPROACH COURSE INTO THE PICK-UP ZONE WAS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WITH THE WINDS REPORTED AS LIGHT FROM THE EAST. VISIBILITY AT THE TIME WAS A MINIMUM OF THREE TO FIVE MILES. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER, '1LT. ROBERT B. ALLEN^, WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND BEGAN HIS APPROACH AS CHALK 2 LANDED. HE ALLOWED THE APPROACH TO BECOME STEEP AND SLIGHTLY FAST. THE PILOT, ^WO1 RICHARD L. NORDSTROM,^ INFORMED THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER THAT ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE WITHIN NORMAL OPERATING RANGES AT THE START OF THE APPROACH AND AGAIN ON SHORT FINAL. THE CREW CHIEF, ^SP-5, CHRISTOPHER R. SEITZ,^ AND GUNNER, ^SP-4 ALBERT E. DAVIS,JR^, INFORMED ^1LT ALLEN^ THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEAR DOWN AND THAT THE TAIL ROTOR WAS CLEAR. BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER COULD PULL IN POWER AT THE TERMINATION OF THE APPROACH THE RIGHT SKID IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT SKID RESULTING IN THE MAIN ROTOR STRIKING THE GROUND, AND THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES AND THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINIMUM DIFFICULTY. THEY WERE EVACUATED FROM THE SCENE BY THE TRAIL AIRCRAFT.\\
This record was last updated on 12/17/98
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number
68-15524
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 0569.
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
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