Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15823
The Army purchased this helicopter 1168
Total flight hours at this point: 00000980
Date: 09/17/70
Unit: A/3/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Escort
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0400 feet and 140 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 3 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (12.7MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Main Rotor Blade System
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS, STRUCTURE
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft took off, fully flight capable.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some mission objectives.
Aircraft inspected and found to be in flyable condition
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15823
The Army purchased this helicopter 1168
Total flight hours at this point: 00001055
Date: 04/13/71
Incident number: 710413081ACD Accident case number: 710413081
Unit: C/16 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Can-Tho in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 1 . . Passengers = 1
costing 2000
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P O3 CHAMBERLAIN SL
CE SP4 SANBOWER RONALD LEE KIA
Accident Summary:
The victim motioned to the pilot to stop taxi. At this time he was in front of the aircraft. The pilot set the aircraft down and the victim disappeared behind the aircraft. The victim walked into the tail rotor (the aircraft was equipped with the tractor tail rotor). The crew chief from a nearby aircraft motioned for the pilot to shutdown. Until this time the pilot was unaware of the tail rotor strike. The victim is in critical condition at this time.
This record was last updated on 05/25/98
The following is crew member information for this incident:
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15823
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 1168.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
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Printed from databases on: 02/14/99
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