Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13607
Date: 06/10/1965
Incident number: 0C246ACD Accident case number: 0C246 Total Loss Accident
Unit: A/182 AVN 145 CAB
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
While in Operations Area this helicopter was in Descent at 0500 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (14.5MM)
causing an Explosion.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 04 DOI . . Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
costing 206632
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.
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, UH1P1,
01156, MISC, CRAFX, STMNT, JSIDR (Operations Report. Miscellaneous. Joint Services Incident
Damage Report. Crash Facts Message. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CW2 GALBRAITH RAYMOND CLARENC KIA
AC WO1 KOVACS ZOLTAN ALAJOS KIA
CE PFC BATCHELDER WILLIAM ROBERT KIA
G PFC GRAY WALTER RAY KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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