Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17524
The Army purchased this helicopter 0568
Total flight hours at this point: 00002366
Date: 02/13/1972
Incident number: 720213021ACD Accident case number: 720213021 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 48 AHC
The station for this helicopter was Da Nang in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 4 . . Injured = 3 . . Passengers = 3
costing 439945
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 O2 RB ALLEN
P W1 DL STURDIVANT
CE SP5 SEITZ CHRISTOPHER RICHARD KIA
G E3 BJ PITMAN
Passengers and/or other participants:
UNK, PAX, A
SGT LAIRD ROBERT MURRAY, AR, PX, KIA
SSG MONTAGUE JESSE WILLARD JR, AR, PX, KIA
Accident Summary:
THE AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO GROUND FOG, ATTEMPTED A 180 DEGREE LEFT TURN AND WENT IFR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 50 FEET OR LESS AT THE START OF THE TURN AND WITH THE TURN ALMOST COMPLETED IT IMPACTED THE WATER IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE AC DID NOT FOLLOW APPROPRIATE IMC PROCEDURES. THREE PAX AND THE CREWCHIEF WERE DROWNED. ALL BODIES WERE RECOVERED.\\
This record was last updated on 09/20/1998
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