Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16363
The Army purchased this helicopter 0567
Total flight hours at this point: 00000943
Date: 04/13/1970
Incident number: 700413351ACD Accident case number: 700413351 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 114 AHC
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 2 . . Injured = 2 . . Passengers = 0
costing 327504
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 RC FRISBIE
P W1 RL HAMPTON
CE SP5 CRAWFORD STANLEY WENDEL KIA
G PFC HULSEY JAMES AUBREY KIA
Accident Summary:
AIRCRAFT 66-16363 DEPARTED MOC HOA AIRFIELD TO THE NORTH AND TURNED RIGHT OVER THE CITY ENROUTE TO TUYEN NHON. APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF 300 TO 400 FEET A SAMPAN WAS SPOTTED AND A DESCENT WAS INITIATED TO APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER. WITH AN AIRSPEED OF 90 TO 95 KNOTS THE CREW TURNED THEIR HEADS TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED AND IMMEDIATELY SANK IN 15-20 FEET OF WATER APPROXIMATELY, 125 METERS FROM WHERE THE SAMPAN WAS PARKED. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT BURN. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SAVE THE GUNNER BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CREW CHIEF NEVER SURFACED. VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS RESCUED THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER AND PILOT FROM THE WATER AND TOOK THEM TO THE NAVY DOCKS AT MOC HOA. THE BODIES OF THE CREW CHIEF AND GUNNER WERE RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY 0730 HOURS, 15 APRIL BY THE NAVY AND EVACUATED TO THE DISPENSARY AT VINH LONG, IDENTIFIED, THEN MOVED TO THE MORGUE AT CAN THO. SP4 CRAWFORD'S BODY WAS LOCATED AT XS 056896 AND SP4 HULSEY'S BODY WAS PICKED UP AT XS 056894. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS FROM DROWNING.\\
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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