Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 63-08776
The Army purchased this helicopter 0464
Total flight hours at this point: 00001600
Date: 07/09/1967
Incident number: 670709051ACD Accident case number: 670709051 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: C/1/9 CAV 1 CAV
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 7 . . Passengers = 5
costing 270954
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 RA ROGERS
P W1 JW HAZELWOOD
CE SP4 STROBEL WILLIAM ERIC KIA
G E4 EA DORSETT
Passengers and/or other participants:
E4 JJ MARTIN, PAX, D
E5 DL HODSON, PAX, D
E3 JD WISE, PAX, D
E4 LW VIIG, PAX, D
E5 J MOHR, PAX, D
Accident Summary:
The aircraft commander reported having engine trouble and started a forced landing. Because the RPM was low, the aircraft hit the ground hard and rolled on its right side. Suspect the cause of this accident was engine failure.
This record was last updated on 09/20/1998
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