Accident Summary:
. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLYING A ROUTINE DIRECT COMBAT SUPPORT MISSION AND WERE ENROUTE TO ^SOC TRANG^ WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED ^THANH TRI^ AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 HOURS AND WAS FLYING NORTHEAST DIRECTLY OVER HIGHWAY ^4^ AT THE ALTITUDE OF TEN TO FIFTEEN FEET. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE VISIBILITY WAS GOOD. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER GAVE NO REASON FOR FLYING AT THIS LOW ALTITUDE. HE STATED THE PILOT WAS LOOKING FOR ARTILLEY COORDINATES ON A MAP. ^WO1 SCHERSTUHL^ WAS FLYING AND NOTICED A FLUCTUATING FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER HAD THE PILOT RECYCLE THE MASTER CAUTION TO POSSIBLY DETECT A PROBLEM. THE RECYCLE DETECTED NOTHING. AFTER FLYING OVER A SMALL HAMLET AT 80 KNOTS THE AIRCRAFT LOWERED IN ALTITUDE TO ITS ORIGINAL TEN TO FIFTEEN FEET. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER STATED THAT HE SAW THE TRUCK BEFORE HE PASSSED OVER TWO POLES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF A HAMLET GRID COORDINATES ^WR 820440^. THE NEXT REPORTED EVENT WAS THE STRIKING OF THE SKIDS AGAINST THE CARGO CARRIED ON TOP OF THE TRUCK. A JOLT WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROSE RAPIDLY TO AN ALTITUDE OF BETWEEN 300 AND 500 FEET. AS THE AIRCRAFT ASCENDED BOTH SKIDS WERE OBSERVED FALLING TO THE GROUND AND THE REMAINS OF A HUMAN WAS OBSERVED ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AND THE CREW SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED IT TO ^VINH LONG ARMY AIRFIELD, RVN^.\\
This record was last updated on 09/20/1998
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This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0865.
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