Helicopter CH-47C 69-17100


Information on U.S. Army helicopter CH-47C tail number 69-17100
The Army purchased this helicopter 1169
Total flight hours at this point: 00000506
Date: 09/16/1970
Incident number: 700916121ACD Accident case number: 700916121 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 213 ASHC
This was a Accident incident.
The station for this helicopter was Phu Loi in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 4 . . Passengers = 0
costing 1721561
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 RG YOUNG
P W1 GP BURNS
CE E4 GE FOWLER
G E3 J JACOB
FE SP4 BODISH JAMES ROBERT KIA


Accident Summary:

 THE FLIGHT WAS A ROUTINE COMBAT RESUPPLY MISSION WHICH ORIGINATED AT PHU LOI, RVN. AT PHU LOI, RVN. AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS THE AIRCRAFT PICKED UP A 14,000 POUND EXTERNAL LOAD OF CEMENT AT TAY NINH EAST AIRFIELD. AFTER THE LOAD WAS HOOKED UP, THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A HOVEASIZED TO ALL CREWMEMBERS.\\ R, CHECKED THE TORQUE AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE IN THE GREEN, AND BEGAN A TAKE OFF. AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED ABOUT 1000 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER LEVELED OFF AND BEGAN A SHALLOW RIGHT TURN. AT THIS TIME A MUFFELED EXPLOSION WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FLAMES WERE IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT, IN THE AFT PYLON SECTION. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER RELEASED THE LOAD AND THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TOWARD AN OPEN AREA. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE HEAT WAS SO INTENSE AND THE SMOKE SO DENSE IN THE COCKPIT THAT ALL INSTRUMENT AND RADIO PANELS WERE OBSCURED. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER EXECUTED A LEFT DECENDING TURN WITH HIS HEAD OUT THE LEFT WINDOW IN ORDER TO BREATHE. FULL CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE DESCENDING TURN AND ON THE INITIAL APPROACH. AS THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER FLARED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT ASSUMED AN EXTREME NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.\\

This record was last updated on 05/25/1998


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