Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 64-14164
Date: 11/07/1966
Incident number: H826ACD Accident case number: H826
Unit: 334 AHC
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 4 . . Passengers = 2
costing 244929
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC FI STEINER
P TB CUTLIP
G PFC MCCOLLUM WAYNE ADELBERT KIA
Accident Summary:
DURING APPROACH TO HELIPAD IN HEAVY RAIN PILOT LOST CONTACT WITH PAD AND FLEW INTO RIVER ACFT ROLLED OVER AND SANK IN TWELVE FEET OF WATER FIVE RESCUED BY NAVY PATROL BOATS GUNNER DROWNED
War Story:
FROM USNAVFORV Monthly Summary for Nov 1966, page 35:
"At 1850 on 7 November, during a blinding rainstorm, an Army helicopter
crashed into the river about 500 yards from the helicopter pad at Nha
Be. One crewmember was drowned. All available personnel and boats
were dispatched to carry out rescue operations. Strong current,
extremely low visibility in the driving rain, and Viet Cong harassment
fire hampered operations.
"The helicopter had been attempting to make a landing at the Nha Be
helicopter pad with the survivors of another Army helicopter which
had crashed a few minutes earlier. The crewmember who drowned was
pulled down by his ceramic armor chest protector. His body was
recovered on 9 November [1966]."
This record was last updated on 10/10/2005
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