WEICH FLOYD R

CW2 Floyd R. Weich was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 09/25/1973 at the age of 27.1 from A/C accident
San Mateo, CA
Flight Class 67-15
Date of Birth 09/04/1946
Served in the U.S. Army
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More detail on this person: The Times Sept 25, 1973 page 62

The body of former Vietnam combat helicopter pilot. Floyd Weich, 26, of Santa Clara, was recovered two hours after his craft crashed into 45 feet of water on takeoff from the pier, witnesses said. Weich. Employed by Astro- copter Limited of Oakland, had just dropped off an employee of the Healy-Tibbetts Construction Company and was taking off when the accident occurred. Witnesses said they heard the craft hit the water in the predawn darkness and light fog about 6:18 a.m. The Coast Guard immediately dispatched two patrol vessels and a helicopter to aid in the site found the tangled wreckage of the helicopter some 200 yards off the pier. The victim was still strapped in the cockpit. Using a huge crane installed on the off-shore pier, workers were able to raise some of the wreckage from the ocean floor. Weich was a recent graduate of San Jose state University and had -been flying to the off-shore A·ig "at least 100 times'' a Coast Guard spokesman said. There was -no explanation of why the craft crashed-on takeoff :ROM the .pier. An official investigation is underway.

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