Helicopter AH-1G 67-15846

Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15846
The Army purchased this helicopter 1268
Total flight hours at this point: 00001149
Date: 06/21/70
Accident case number: 700621101 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: C/2/20 ARA
The station for this helicopter was Quan Loi in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 2 . . Passengers = 0
costing 471630
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC W1 WHITE GA
P W1 MCGILL K

Accident Summary:

AIRCRAFT #846 WAS ENROUTE TO A CONTACT FIRE MISSION. THIS WAS THE AIRCRAFT'S SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY. THE ARICRART HAD BEEN FLOWN 01+20 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MISHAP. THE AIRCRAFT HAD PERFORMED WELL DURING THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES OUT OF QUAN LOI IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT AT 100 KNOTS AND 1200 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT HAD 35 LBS. OF TORQUE, FULL LOAD OF ROCKETS PLUS 800 LBS OF FUEL. ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE WITHIN NORMAL OPERATING RANGE WHEN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. AFTER THE LOUD BANG THE AIRCRAFT HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN AUTOROTATED INTO SMALL TREES. AUTOROTATION DID NOT TERMINATE WITH ROTOR BLADES STILL TURNING. THE BLADES STRUCK SEVERAL SMALL TREES, STOPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT FELL STRAIGHT DOWN FROM ABOUT 10-15 FEET. BOTH CREW MEMBERS SUSTAINED ACUTE MID BACK STRAIN WITH THE PILOT ALSO SUSTAINING INJURY TO HIS NECK AND THROAT.\\

War Story:
I am Gary (Dad) White, the aircraft commander on 67-15846 during this accident. One small correction to the accident report as it relates to the size of the trees. Those were the tallest 10 to 15 feet trees I have ever seen and I am sure the angel flying the UH-1 that cut his own LZ with his blades to pick me and McGill up would concur. I would say a very conservative estimate would be 50 feet. It is true the rotor blades were not turning during impact with the ground for I did just like I was coached in training and bleed the RPM as low as I could get it before the blades contacted the trees. Dad White, CWOWHITE@aol.com December 1998.

This record was last updated on 12/21/98

The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter CH-47C tail number 67-15846
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.
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DATE  FLT HRS    UIC      UNIT          AREA          POST          COUNTRY
6811   0    0 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS      ITR CONUS                   AVCOMITR
6812   0    0 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN   IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD        AVCOM        
6901   0    0 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN   IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD        AVCOM        
6902   0    0 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN   IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD        AVCOM        
6903  79   79 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6904  62  141 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6905 101  242 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6906  59  301 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6907  76  377 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6908  78  455 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6909  47  502 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6910  59  561 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6911  78  639 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
6912  98  737 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
7001  95  832 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
7002  33  865 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
7003  59  924 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN      
7004 102 1026 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN       
7005 123 1149 WAG3C0 CBTRY2BN20A1CAV  VIETNAM                     RVN

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