Helicopter UH-1D 66-00977


Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00977
The Army purchased this helicopter 1166
Total flight hours at this point: 00001010
Date: 03/21/1968
Incident number: 680321111ACD Accident case number: 680321111 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: ACT/11 ACR
The station for this helicopter was Di An in South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YT058110 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PYT058110)
Number killed in accident = 2 . . Injured = 6 . . Passengers = 4
costing 313354
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 VD MUSTOE
P W1 DJ DOHM
CE SP4 THOMAS DANIEL KIA
G E5 EM HIOTT

Passengers and/or other participants:
COL HOLDER LEONARD DONALD, AR, PX, KIA
O5 DELAMAINFJ, PAX, D
O4 GUMPF JA, PAX, D
E9 HORN DE, PAX, D


Accident Summary:

Engine failure on take off. On hover check the RPM dropped 100, but pilot took off anyway. Engine failure was due to failure of the N1 turbine blades.

This record was last updated on 09/20/1998


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