Information on U.S. Army helicopter CH-47B tail number 66-19142
The Army purchased this helicopter 0867
Total flight hours at this point: 00001116
Date: 04/09/1970
Incident number: 70040909.KIA
Unit: B/159 AVN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Logistics Support mission for Unknown
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0115 feet and 040 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 12 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, HYDRAULIC SYS, FUEL SYS
Casualties = 01 KIA, 01 WIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: MISC, JSIDR,
CASRP (Miscellaneous. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
C SGT EVANS DAVID PAUL KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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