Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-00538
Date: 11/03/1967
Incident number: 671103151ACD Accident case number: 671103151 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: B/4 AVN 4 INF
The station for this helicopter was An Khe in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 4 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 503679
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:
P 1LT PAVLICEK JAMES EMIL JR KIA
P WO1 THOMAS DAVID EUGENE KIA
CE SP4 ANDERSON JAMES EDWARD KIA
G SP4 ERNSBERGER RANDALL WAYNE KIA
Accident Summary:
The aircraft flew into trees and the ground during a night gunnery run, exploded and burned. There was possible hostile ground fire.
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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