Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08628
Date: 09/03/1966
Incident number: 66090333.KIA Accident case number: H800
Unit: 282 AVN
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 3 . . Injured = 2 . . Passengers = 4
costing 226988
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 1LT FRITZ RONNIE E RES
P WO1 ATKINSON WILLIAM RES
CE SP4 FREDA ARTHUR ANTHONY JR KIA
G PFC BULTMAN ROY JAMES KIA
Accident Summary:
ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A RIDGELINE PILOT ALLOWED AIR SPEED ALTITUDE TO DISSIPATE AC TOOK OVER TOO LATE TO AFFECT RECOVERY ZEROED AIRSPEED SETTLED INTO 100-150FT TREES
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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