AT ABOUT 1615 HOURS, 13 JULY 1970, ^CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER LEONARD^ WAS ADMINISTERING A 90 DAY CHECK RIDE TO ^WARRANT OFFICER PETERSON^. THEY HAD COMPLETED THREE (3) AUTOROTATIONS, TWO (2) OF WHICH WERE PERFORMED BY ^MR. PETERSON^, UNSATISFACTORILY. THEY ELECTED TO TRY A FOURTH.\\ ^MR. PETERSON^ INITIATED THE AUTOROTATION AT 700 FEET INDICATED AND 80 KNOTS AIRSPEED. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, ^MR. PETERSON^ BEGAN AN EXCEEDINGLY TAIL LOW DECELERATION, AND PULLED PARTIAL PITCH, CAUSING THE RPM TO BLEED OFF. ^MR. LEONARD^ LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE, BUT AT TEN FEET THE RPM STILL WAS BELOW THE GREEN ARC. ^MR. PETERSON^ PULLED INITIAL PITCH AT THIS TIME, ATTEMPTING TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ATTITUDE AND LOW RPM, THE AIRCRAFT FELL THROUGH, STRIKING THE TAIL ROTOR ON THE GROUND, SEVERING IT AND THE 90 DEGREE GEAR BOX FROM THE AIRCRAFT. ^MR. LEONARD^ THEN BOTTOMED THE PITCH, CAUSING A HARD LANDING FROM ABOUT THREE FEET. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET, COMING TO REST 20 FEET FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL CONTACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE RIGHT ABOUT 30 DEGREES FROM THE FLIGHT PATH.\\
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number
68-15694
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.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6905 0 0 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR 6906 21 21 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6907 150 171 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6908 190 361 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6909 165 526 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6910 154 680 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6911 119 799 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6912 97 896 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7001 116 1012 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7002 103 1115 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7003 108 1223 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7004 106 1329 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7005 130 1459 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7006 128 1587 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7007 88 1675 WDUWAA 190 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7008 17 1692 WC7ZAA 155 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7009 101 1793 WC7ZAA 155 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7010 104 1897 WC7ZAA 155 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7011 94 1991 WC7ZAA 155 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7012 4 1995 WAAMB0 TRP B 3SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN 7101 66 2061 WAAMA0 3 17 AC SQ A TP VIETNAM RVN 7102 55 2116 WAAMA0 3 17 AC SQ A TP VIETNAM RVN 7103 44 2160 WAAMAT 3 17 AC SQ A TP VIETNAM RVN 7104 43 2203 WAAMAT 3 17 AC SQ A TP VIETNAM RVN 7105 51 2254 WAAMAT 3 17 AC SQ A TP VIETNAM RVN 7106 71 2325 WAAMAT 3 17 AC SQ A TP VIETNAM RVN 7107 35 2360 WAAMAT 3 17 AC SQ A TP VIETNAM RVN 7108 59 2419 WAAMAT 605 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 7109 42 2461 WAAMAT 2 17 ACV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7110 78 2539 WAAMAT 2 17 ACV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7111 73 2612 WAAMAT 2 17 ACV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7112 23 2635 WAAMAT 388 TC CO VIETNAM RVN 7201 49 2684 WC08AA 135 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7202 0 2684 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7203 0 2684 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7204 0 2684 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7205 0 2684 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7206 0 2684 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7207 1 2685 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM
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