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Helicopter UH-1H 66-16177

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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16177

The Army purchased this helicopter 0367
Total flight hours at this point: 00001101
Date: 05/14/1969
Accident case number: 690514271
Unit: 282^nd AHC
The station for this helicopter was Da Nang in Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 1 . . Passengers = 3
costing 90709
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC W1 ROUX RL
P W1 KEIM DD
CE E4 LITTLE RA
G E4 PRITCHETT ME

Passengers:
X2 HN HIEN, PAX, D; X2 T KHAI, PAX, G; UNK HEISTAND, PAX, G;

Accident Summary:

WO1 ROUX TOOK OFF FROM CAMP EAGLE AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 HRS.
ENROUTE TO LZ BLAZE, NEAR THE A SHAU VALLEY. THEY HAD BEEN FLYING
APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES WHEN THE ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME
ON AND THE TORQUEMETER STARTED FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 20-40 PSI.
BOTH THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE AND THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE
GREATLY EXCEEDED REDLINE LIMITATIONS. WO ROUX^ STATED THAT THE
ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 7 SECONDS AFTER THE ENGINE
CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME ON. WO ROUX, WHO WAS AT THE CONTROLS,
ENTERED AUTOROTATION AND LANDED IN A SLOPING AREA CONTAINING HIGH
ELEPHANT GRASS. CONSIDERING TERRAIN, THE CHOSEN LANDING SITE WAS
THE BEST AVAILABLE. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE HELICOPTER STABILIZED
MOMENTARILY AND THEN ROLLED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.\\

*On the 27th of November at 1845 hours, the last Demon aircraft to fly a
scheduled mission

in Vietnam touched down at Hell's Half Acre. Aircraft 177
with WO1 Hank Pietrzak, 1LT Barton, SP5 Pena and SP5 Lemon had flown a
mission to Pleiku and back. At 1848 the blades ceased to turn, by 1915 the
ship was postflighted and pushed into the revetments for the last time. On
the 29^th of December 1971, the 134^th Helicopter Company passed into history.

Crew Members:
AC WO1 Hank Pietrzak
P 1LT Barton
CE SP5 Isidro (Ike) Pena
G SP5 Jeff Lemon

The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16177
It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter and is not intended to be the final authority.
This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0367.
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