Helicopter UH-1D 66-16694


Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16694
The Army purchased this helicopter 0867
Total flight hours at this point: 00001377
Date: 06/15/1969
Incident number: 690615121ACD Accident case number: 690615121 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: B/229 AVN
The station for this helicopter was Bien Hoa in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 4 . . Injured = 2 . . Passengers = 2
costing 429745
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 WK GELONECK
P WO1 GREEN KISH LEMONT KIA
CE E4 LM POLLETT
G SGT LEMASTER LARRY D KIA

Passengers and/or other participants:
X2 VAH MY, , PX, KIA
SGT LYNCH JOHN EDWARD, AR, PX, KIA


Accident Summary:

 AIRCRAFT 694 WAS ON A PSYOPS MISSION FOR THE 3D BRIGADE, 1ST CAV DIV (AM). THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING NEAR LZ ROCK AND HAD BEEN IN THE AREA APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO LOW LEVEL TO DROP CHU HOI PAMPHLETS NEAR THE LZ. THE AIRCRAFT MADE TWO PASSES OVER A SMALL VILLAGE APPROXIMATELY 1000 METERS TO THE SOUTH OF LZ ROCK. ON THE THIRD PASS, HEADING DUE NORTH AT 100 FEET AND 80 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIGH TENSION WIRES AT YT 486346. UPON STRIKING THE WIRES THE UH-1H FLIPPED TWO TIMES, CRASHED 106 METERS NORTH OF THE WIRES ON A NORTH-SOUTH ROAD LEADING INTO LZ ROCK, CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. TWO CREW MEMBERS AND THE TWO PSYOPS PERSONNEL ON BOARD WERE KILLED BY FIRE. THE CREW CHIEF AND AIRCRAFT COMMANDER ESCAPED WITH 30 AND 40% BODY BURNS RESPECTIVELY. THE TAIL BOOM OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN SEVERED, THE PILOT AND CARGO COMPARTMENT BURNED, AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES RIPPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.\\

This record was last updated on 09/20/1998


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