Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-15648
The Army purchased this helicopter 0569
Total flight hours at this point: 00001500
Date: 09/26/1970
Incident number: 700926011ACD Accident case number: 700926011 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: C/229 AVN
The station for this helicopter was Binh Hoa in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 4 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 1
costing 606745
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 WO1 HOLTOM MARK RICHARD KIA
P CPT SULLIVAN FRANCIS JORDAN KIA
CE SGT HALL DONALD ALLEN JR KIA
G SP4 LAIDLER ERNEST HAMMOND KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
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Accident Summary:
THE CREWS OF UH-1H, SN: 68-16123 AND SN: 68-15648 WERE ON A FLIGHT FROM BIEN HOA, RVN TO FSB GREEN, RVN. THE AIRCRAFT WERE AT 4000 FEET VFR ON TOP. THE FLIGHT LEADER (#123) CALLED FOR A FORMATION SPREAD OF A MINIMUM OF 5 ROTOR DISKS TO PERFORM DER CHECKS. (FORMATION: VEE OF 5) WHILE PERFORMING THE DER CHECKS AIRCRAFT #648 ACCELERATED FORWARD COMING UP ALONG THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF AIRCRAFT #123. AT THE SAME TIME AIRCRAFT #648 DRIFTED RIGHT COLLIDING WITH AIRCRAFT #123 IN THE TAIL BOOM AREA. THE TAIL BOOM FROM #123 WAS SEVERED. AS THE ROTOR SYSTEM SEPARATED, THE AIRCRAFT INVERTED AND DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT. AIRCRAFT #648 PITCHED UP AND LEFT. THE ROTOR SYSTEM STARTED TO SEPARATE AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT FELL FROM 4000 FEET AND IMPACTED APPROXIMAATELY 250 METERS APART.\\
This record was last updated on 09/20/1998
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