Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15501
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point: 00000993
Date: 02/05/70
Accident case number: 700205031
Unit: B/2/20 ARA 1 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Tay Ninh in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 12000
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P W2 THOMPSON DS
Accident Summary:
N1 FLUCTUATED PLT SHOT APPR & ENG FAILED ON FINAL PLT ATTEMPTED AUTO & ACFT LDG HARD ICDT DAM \
Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15501
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point: 00001594
Date: 08/25/70
Accident case number: 700825031
Unit: A/2/20 ARA 1 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Phuoc Binh in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 2383
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC W1 RAWLINGSON TL
Accident Summary:
AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND SPREAD THE SKIDS\\
Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15501
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point: 00001594
Date: 08/28/70
Accident case number: 700828281 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: A/2/20 ARA 1 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Phu Vinh in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 2 . . Passengers = 0
costing 471630
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC W1 HENSELEN RT
P W1 WILLIAMS SL
Accident Summary:
AIRCRAFT ^67-15501^ AND CREW WAS THE LEAD AIRCRAFT OF AN ARA SECTION TO SONG BE TO RE-ARM AND REFUEL AFTER COMPLETING A FIRE MISSION AT ^YU214363^. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 3000 FEET AND 100 KNOTS INDICATED AND ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 185. THE WING SHIP WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE LEAD SHIP AND AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER ALTITUDE. ^WO1 HENSELEN^ REPORTED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND IMMEDIATELY THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO YAW TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, HOWEVER THE YAW WAS MORE PRONOUNCED TO THE LEFT. AT THIS TIME ^WO1 HENSELEN^ CALLED HIS WING SHIP ^LT BENDER^ AND TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING A TAIL ROTOR FAILURE. ^LT BENDER^ TOLD HIM THAT HE OBSERVED SOMETHING FALL AWAY AND DOWN FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. WHAT HE SAW CAME FROM THE TAIL ROTOR REGION AND DISAPPEARED BEFORE HE COULD IDENTIFY IT. ^LT BENDER^ SAID HE WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO SEE OF THE TAIL ROTOR WAS STILL ON ^WO1 HENSELEN'S^ AIRCRAFT. SIMULTANEOUSLY ^WO1 HENSELEN^ INITIATED A POWER ON APPROACH TO AN OPEN FIELD AT ^YU155165^ AND ^LT BENDER^ SENT A MAY DAY CALL TO SONG BE TOWER. AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET INDICATED, ^WO1 HENSELEN^ THEN ENTERED AUTOROTATION AND ADVISED HIS WINGSHIP OF HIS INTENTIONS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED TO MAKE SLOW LEFT HAND SPIRALS AND MADE 2 OR 3 360 SPIRALS PRIOR TO LANDING. ^WO1 HENSELEN^ COMPLETED SHUTTING OFF THE THROTTLE AND FUEL AND ATTEMPTED TO JETTISON THE ROCKET PODS. ^WO1 HENSELEN^ STATED THAT HE HEARD THE TWO OUTBOARD PODS BLOW AWAY AND HEARD THE INBOARDS FIRE BUT THE INBOARDS WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE WING STORES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. ^WO1 HENSELEN^ HAD THE AIRCRAFT AT 0 AIRSPEED AS HE REACHED THE TOP OF THE TREES AND INITIATED HIS PITCH PULL. HE CONTINUED TO PULL THE COLLECTIVE UNTIL FULL PITCH WAS IN THE BLADES AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SETTLE INTO THE TREES. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK SEVERAL SMALL TO MEDIUM TREES AS IT FELL APPROXIMATELY 30-40 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT POINTED TO THE NORTH. BOTH PILOTS IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, MOVED INTO THE JUNGLE AND AFTER NOTING THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO BURN, MOVED BACK TO THE CRASH SITE AND WAS PICKED UP BY A MEDEVAC AIRCRAFT.\\
Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15501
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point: 00001976
Date: 09/30/71
Unit: 11 ACR
Cambodia
UTM grid coordinates: XU053008
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
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information on US Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15501
It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter
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This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0268.
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