Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-15249
The Army purchased this helicopter 1268
Total flight hours at this point: 00000952
Date: 10/02/1970
Incident number: 701002011ACD Accident case number: 701002011 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 326 MED 101 ABN
The station for this helicopter was Camp Eagle in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 3 . . Injured = 1 . . Passengers = 1
costing 395145
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 W1 SW POWERS
AC WO1 NESOVANOVIC JOHN LAURENCE KIA
CE SP4 ALLGOOD RONALD KEVIN KIA
MD SP4 ALVERSON ROBERT WARREN JR KIA
Accident Summary:
THE 326TH MEDICAL BATTALION RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR AN URGENT MEDICAL EVACUATION ON 2 OCTOBER 1970 AT 0110 HOURS. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER CHECKED PHU BAI WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DETERMINED THAT THE WEATHER WAS FAVORABLE FOR DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CAMP EAGLE AT 0125 HOURS. ENROUTE TO THE PICK-UP SITE. THE FLIGHT PARALLELED HIGHWAY 1. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT (8) STATUTE MILES SOUTH OF HUE PHU BAI AIRFIELD THE CEILING STARTED TO LOWER AND THE VISIBILITY WAS REDUCING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT TWO HUNDRED (200) FEET AND FORTY (40) KNOTS WHEN SUDDENLY INADVERTANT IFR CONDITIONS WERE ENCOUNTERED. A LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED AND THE PILOT RADIOED TO DUSTOFF CONTROL OF HIS INTENTION TO RETURN. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WATER IN A STEEP BANK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION AND SEPARATED INTO THREE SECTIONS: VERTICAL FIN, TAILBOOM; WITH ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AND ROTOR BLADES; AND THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT SANK IMMEDIATELY UPON IMPACT.\\
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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