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Helicopter UH-1H 66-16177

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: 282nd 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 29th of December 1971, the 134th 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.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.

DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY
6703 1 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM
6704 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM
6705 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM
6706 11 WDYBAA 240 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6707 129 WDYBAA 240 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6708 61 WDYBAA 240 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6709 51 WDYBAA 240 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6710 0 WDYBAA 240 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6711 61 WC08AA 135 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN
6712 29 WC08AA 135 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN
6801 0 WC08AA 135 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN
6802 25 WAGTB0 TRP B 1SQ9 CAV 1CAV VIETNAM RVN
6803 0 WAGTB0 TRP B 1SQ9 CAV 1CAV VIETNAM RVN
6804 0 WAGTB0 TRP B 1SQ9 CAV 1CAV VIETNAM RVN
6805 0 WAGTB0 TRP B 1SQ9 CAV 1CAV VIETNAM RVN
6806 0 WAGTB0 TRP B 1SQ9 CAV 1CAV VIETNAM RVN
6807 0 WAGTB0 TRP B 1SQ9 CAV 1CAV VIETNAM RVN
6808 27 WDX4AA HHC 212 AVN BN VIETNAM RVN
6809 101 WDX4AA HHC 212 AVN BN VIETNAM RVN
6810 63 WDX4AA HHC 212 AVN BN VIETNAM RVN
6811 68 WDX4AA HHC 212 AVN BN VIETNAM RVN
6812 130 WDX4AA HHC 212 AVN BN VIETNAM RVN
6901 45 WFJGAA 282 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6902 72 WFJGAA 282 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6903 86 WFJGAA 282 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6904 106 WFJGAA 282 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6905 35 WE4HAA 142 TC DS VIETNAM RVN
6906 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN STORAGE NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6907 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN STORAGE NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6908 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6909 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6910 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6911 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6912 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
7001 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
7002 0 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
7003 0 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7004 0 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7005 0 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7006 0 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7007 6 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7008 52 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7009 75 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7010 92 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7011 77 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7012 86 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7101 97 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7102 72 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7103 87 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7104 19 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7105 114 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7106 69 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7107 94 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7108 95 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7109 90 W2WJAA 79 TC CO VIETNAM RVN
7110 75 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7111 73 WC07AA 134th ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7112 4 WC07AA 61 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7201 48 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN
7202 79 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN
7203 52 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN
7204 64 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN
7205 59 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN
7206 96 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN
7207 69 WAZNC0 H TRP AIR 10 AR VIETNAM RVN
7208 67 WAZNC0 H TRP AIR 10 AR VIETNAM RVN
7209 11 WHNFAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7210 63 WHNFAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7211 57 WHNFAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7212 0 WAZNC0 H TRP AIR 10 AR VIETNAM RVN
7301 1 WAZNC0 H TRP AIR 10 AR VIETNAM RVN
7302 63 WC5CAA 142 TC DS VIETNAM RVN

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