Helicopter UH-1C 66-15178


Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15178
Date: 06/06/1968
Incident number: 680606221ACD Accident case number: 680606221 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: D/227 AVN
The station for this helicopter was Bien Hoa in
UTM grid coordinates: YD014454 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYD014454)
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 3 . . Passengers = 0
costing 259314
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC W1 JW GORDON
P W1 MD MARTIN
CE SGT WEBER ROGER DALE KIA
G E5 JA MCKEE


Accident Summary:

While on climb out, engine failure occurred. The aircraft commander flared to decrease forward airspeed and he tried to reach a favorable touch down area. The helicopter contacted the ground stinger first and tore off the left skid. The aircraft flipped over inverted and burned. Engine failure cause unknown at this time.

This record was last updated on 06/12/2008


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