Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15117
The Army purchased this helicopter 0567
Total flight hours at this point: 00000083
Date: 12/07/1967
Incident number: 671207121ACD Accident case number: 671207121 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 92 AHC
The station for this helicopter was Cam Ranh Bay 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 MAJ GOODSPEED WILLIAM HUNTER KIA
AC WO1 HUBARD THOMAS CARR JEFFER KIA
G SP4 GORDY JESSE ARNEL KIA
CE SP4 PRATT RICHARD EMMETT KIA
Accident Summary:
While on a gun run, the aircraft flew to low to the ground, flew into a tree and exploded.
This record was last updated on 11/12/2000
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