Information on U.S. Army helicopter CH-47B tail number 67-18455
The Army purchased this helicopter 1167
Total flight hours at this point: 00000163
Date: 06/19/1968
Incident number: 680619011ACD Accident case number: 680619011 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 178 ASHC
This was a Accident incident.
The station for this helicopter was Chu Lai in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 5 . . Passengers = 1
costing 1042400
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 GC SCHULTZ
P W1 LM MOORE
CE SP6 PHILLIPS GERALD ARTHUR KIA
CE E3 JM JACKSON
G R HENSLEY
Accident Summary:
While taxiing, the aircraft CH-47B 67-18455 meshed blades with another CH-47A 67-18450 parked in a revetment. 67-18455 lifted off the ground turned over and burned.
War Story:
SP6 Phillips was killed when ejected from the ship during a runway taxi incident and was hit by rotor as the ship was listing over. Also omitted from the accident report was a gunner named Robert Hensley who was ejected from the left gun port and re-entered it as the ship rolled over and exited from the tail ramp. From Tony Peruskie, 178 ASHC door gunner in 1968. July 96.
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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