Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-01036
The Army purchased this helicopter 1266
Total flight hours at this point: 00000302
Date: 05/18/1967
Accident case number: 670518091
Unit: 118 AHC
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 640
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC O3 MILETT MR
P W1 MATTHEWS EC
Accident Summary:
.On landing the right rear skid hit a dike. The aircraft pitched forward and landed hard
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-01036
The Army purchased this helicopter 1266
Total flight hours at this point: 00000352
Date: 06/01/1967
Unit: 118 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was an Unknown mission
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
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, 74950 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-01036
The Army purchased this helicopter 1266
Total flight hours at this point: 00000460
Date: 07/30/1967
Accident case number: 670730051
Unit: 118 AHC
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 86024
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC O2 KIMZEY RT
P O2 SIQVELAND IE
CE E4 LEE RD
G E4 HUGHES WB
Accident Summary:
.During refueling operation, the aircraft hovered closer to the refueling point. The main rotor blades contacted the main rotor blades of 66-0813.
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-01036
The Army purchased this helicopter 1266
Total flight hours at this point: 00002433
Date: 04/18/1970
Accident case number: 700418101
Unit: 68 AVN
The station for this helicopter was Bien Hoa in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 20858
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC W1 STAVE DG
P W1 REIMER JE
CE E5 SYLVIA RE
G E6 MORSE ML
Accident Summary:
. THE DAY BEGAN AT 0430 WHEN THE CREWS WERE AWAKENED TO GO ON A SCRAMBLE MISSION. AFTER FILING FLIGHT PLANS AND PREFLIGHTING THE AIRCRAFT (DURING WHICH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER 66-1036 HAD NO FM RADIO CAPABILITY) THE FLIGHT PULLED PITCH AT 0530. AFTER MAKING ITS FIRST INSERTION THE SHUT DOWN AT FSB NANCY FOR BREAKFAST. AFTER BREAKFAST THE FLIGHT MADE ANOTHER INSERTION, WENT ON A CONTACT MISSION, AND THEN SUT DOWN AT XUAN LEE FOR LUNCH. ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE MORNING AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER 66-1036 BEGAN EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULTY BETWEEN THE DOOR GUNNER AND THE CREW. AT 1300 THE FLIGHT PROCEDED TO VE DAT WHERE IT PICKED UP A LIFT OF ARVN TROOPS FOR INSERTION IN AN LZ AT GRID COORDINATES YT827490. ENROUTE TO THE LZ THE COMMAND AND CONTROL SHIP (C&C) INFORMED THE FLIGHT THAT THE LZ WAS A ONE-SHIPPER AND THAT THE LANDING HEADING WOULD BE 020 DEGREES. THE FLIGHT WAS ALSO INSTRUCTED TO TAKE UP A SEPARATION OF ONE MINUTE; THIS WAS EVENTUALLY INCREASED TO ONE AND ONE QUARTER MINUTES. THE LZ WAS AN EXTREMELY PRIMITIVE ONE--THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SLOPED, THERE WERE TREE STUMPS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT, THERE WERE TREES ON ALL SIDES, AND THERE WAS A DROP OF AT LEAST TEN FEET OFF THE WESTERN EDGE. (SHOOTING AN APPROACH TO THE GROUND IN THIS LZ WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AT BEST). LEAD MADE HIS APPROACH BY CLEARING THE TREES, MAKING AN ALMOST VERTICAL HOVER-DOWN, AND COMING TO A HOVER. HE THEN APPROACHED THE GROUND UPSLOPE, PUT THE TREES OF HIS SKIDS INTO THE SLOPE, AND HELD THE REMAINDER OF HIS SKIDS OFF THE GROUND WITH CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE. CHALK 2 DID THE SAME. CHALK 3 COULD NOT REMEMBER HOW HE HANDLED HIS APPROACH. CHALK 4 MADE HIS APPROACH IN THE SAME MANNER AS CHALKS 1 AND 2. ON HIS WAY OUT OF THE LZ CHALK 4 MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH CHALK 5 (WHO WAS TO HAVE THE ACCIDENT) AND DESCRIBED THE LZ AND SUGGESTED THAT CHALK 5 MAKE HIS APPROACH AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. CHALK 5, WITH THE PILOT AT THE CONTROLS, MADE THE APPROACH AS SUGGESTED WITH NO DIFFICULTY. THE CREW CHIEF AND THE DOOR GUNNER CLEARED THE PILOT, WARNED HIM OF THE STUMPS, AND THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER (AC) INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO KEEP THE TAIL UP. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS UNTIL THE SEVEN ARVN TROOPS JUMPED OFF THE SHIP AND CHANGED THE CENTER OF GRAVITY SO THAT THE TAIL SWUNG DOWN. THE TAIL STINGER HIT THE GROUND AND THE TAIL ROTOR HIT A STUMP, CAUSING IT AND THE NINETY DEGREE GEARBOX TO BE RIPPED OFF. THE AC IMMEDIATELY GOT ON THE CONTROLS, CHIPPED THE THROTTLE, AND LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE AS THE TAIIL WAS SWINGING TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET DOWN ON A HEADING OF 030 DEGREES AND THE TAILBOOM WAS PUNCTURED BY ANOTHER STUMP. THE REMAINING THREE SHIPS MADE THEIR INSERTIONS INTO ANOTHER LZ APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND METERS AWAY (AS ESTIMATED BY THE PILOT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.)\\
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information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-01036
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This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 1266.
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DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6612 0 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD SUPMACOM 6701 0 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 6702 0 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 6703 1 1 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6704 150 151 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6705 151 302 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6706 50 352 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6707 108 460 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6708 0 460 WC5DAA 605 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 6709 0 460 W0Y6AA INTRANSIT IN TRANSIT AVCOMCTR 6710 0 460 W0MUAA ARADMAC 4TH ARMY NAVAL AIR STA AVCOM 6711 0 460 W0MUAA ARADMAC 4TH ARMY NAVAL AIR STA AVCOM 6712 0 460 W0MUAA ARADMAC 4TH ARMY NAVAL AIR STA AVCOM 6801 0 460 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 6802 0 460 8005 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY 6803 0 460 8005 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY 6804 0 460 8005 BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 6805 0 460 8005 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY 6806 0 460 8005 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY 6807 0 460 8005 OPM SEA NITEOPS 1ST ARMY FORT BELVOIR AMC 6808 0 460 8005 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6809 0 460 8005 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6810 26 486 3397 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6811 155 641 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6812 109 750 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6901 132 882 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6902 81 963 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6903 0 963 3397 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6904 113 1076 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6905 140 1216 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6906 122 1338 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6907 118 1456 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6908 108 1564 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6909 116 1680 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6910 104 1784 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6911 104 1888 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6912 161 2049 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7001 134 2183 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7002 95 2278 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7003 105 2383 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7004 50 2433 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7005 77 2510 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7006 72 2582 WC3FAA 68 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7007 0 2582 WHB1AA 166 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7008 0 2582 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 7009 0 2582 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 7010 0 2582 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 7011 4 2586 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 7012 73 2659 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7101 98 2757 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7102 106 2863 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7103 41 2904 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7104 80 2984 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7105 90 3074 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7106 0 3074 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7107 48 3122 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7108 83 3205 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7109 108 3313 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7110 98 3411 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7111 100 3511 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7112 57 3568 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7201 82 3650 WAX7AA 114 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7202 0 3650 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7203 0 3650 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7204 0 3650 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7205 0 3650 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7206 0 3650 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 7207 0 3650 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7208 0 3650 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7209 0 3650 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7210 15 3665 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7211 19 3684 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7212 6 3690 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7301 18 3708 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7302 41 3749 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7303 11 3760 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7304 25 3785 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7305 17 3802 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7306 33 3835 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7307 17 3852 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7308 7 3859 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7309 40 3899 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7310 0 3899 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7311 23 3922 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7312 14 3936 WPZWAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7401 0 3936 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7402 0 3936 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7403 0 3936 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7404 0 3936 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7405 0 3936 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7405 0 3936 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7409 0 3939 W0Y6AA IN STORAGE IN STORAGE DAVIS MONTHAN AVSCOM 7410 0 3939 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7411 0 3939 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7412 64 4003 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7501 0 4003 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7502 152 4155 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7503 72 4227 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7504 0 4227 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7505 0 4227 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7506 110 4337 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7507 47 4384 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7509 0 4423 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7510 39 4462 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM 7511 51 4513 W0Y6AA NASA LOAN LANGLY RSH CTR AVSCOM
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