ACFT SETTLED TO GROUND WITH HARD BUMP WHILE HV IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS WITHIN TACTICAL WIRE SURROUN PERIMETER WIND GUSTS TO 15 KTS
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 64-14039
The Army purchased this helicopter 0665
Total flight hours at this point: 00000734
Date: 12/12/66
Accident case number: H517
Unit: B/2/20 ARA 1 CAV
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 340
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P JONES FJ
CP JUSTIS JC
Accident Summary:
ACFT LOST ANTI TORQUE CONT MADE RUNNING LDG ACFT TURNED 180 DEG ON TD DAMAGING SKID ASSY & UNDER SIDE FUSELAGE
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 64-14039
The Army purchased this helicopter 0665
Total flight hours at this point: 00001163
Date: 10/07/67
Unit: C/1/9 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0300 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 2 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Forward area
Systems damaged were: STRUCTURE, MAIN ROTOR SYS
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: LNOF, 74754, HDSV (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 64-14039
The Army purchased this helicopter 0665
Total flight hours at this point: 00001504
Date: 04/30/68
Unit: C/1/9 CAV
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD366217
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 64-14039
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 0665.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
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Printed from databases on: 02/21/99
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