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Helicopter UH-1H 66-16305

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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16305

The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00000252
Date: 01/09/1968
Accident case number: 680109101
Unit: 61^st AHC
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 5875

Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
P W1 WILLIAMS JL

Accident Summary: Aircraft struck tree on vertical descent into hot LZ.

This record was last updated on 01/05/1997

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16305
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00001363
Date: 01/23/1969
Accident case number: 690123131
Unit: 61^st AHC
The station for this helicopter was English in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 5555

Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC W1 PELL R

Accident Summary:

ACFT CAME OVER RIDGE LINE LOW LEVEL & HIT TREE \

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16305

The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00002240
Date: 10/08/1970

Accident case number: 701008031 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 162^nd AHC
The station for this helicopter was Can-Tho in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 244345

Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC W1 BEVERLY TW
P W1 WILLIAMS RC

Accident Summary:

AT 0900 HOURS, 8 OCTOBER 1970, AIRCRAFT UH-1H, SERIAL NUMBER
66-16305, WITH WO1 BEVERLY AS AC AND WO1 WILLIAMS AS PILOT,
EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ON
TAKE-OFF FROM NAM CAM HELIPAD REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, COORINATES VQ
9967. AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS CHALK TWO IN A FLIGHT OF TWO
ON TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND 30
KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD FOUR NAVY SEALS ON BOARD AND WO1 BEVERLY
WAS AT THE CONTROLS. BOTH PILOTS WERE ALERTED OF THE EMERGENCY
WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION FROM THE ENGINE. BEING ONLY AT
50 FEET OF ALTITUDE WO1 BEVERLY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CHECK HIS
INSTRUMENTS PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT. ANALYZING THE MALFUNCTION
AS ENGINE FAILURE, WO1 BEVERLY IMMEDIATELY FLARED THE AIRCRAFT TO
REDUCE FORWARD AIRSPEED. THE AUTOROTATION WAS A STRAIGHT IN AS
THE WIND WAS CALM AND NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. THE ONLY
TERRAIN WO1 BEVERLY HAD TO LAND IN, CONSIDERING HIS ALTITUDE AT
THE TIME, WAS LESS THAN DESIRABLE. IT WAS COMPOSED OF UNGRADED
SOFT SAND THAT WAS BEING USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RUNWAY IN
THE VICINITY OF THE HELIPAD. AS WO1 BEVERLY BEGAN TO LEVEL THE
AIRCRAFT THE REAR AREA OF HIS SKIDS SUNK IN THE SOFT SAND CAUSING
THE AIRCRAFT TO MOMENTARILY REMAIN IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE
RESULT OF THIS WAS A TAIL LOW ATTITUDE CAUSING A TAIL ROTOR
STRIKE AND SUBSEQUENT SEPARATION OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES FROM
THE HUB ASSEMBLY. THE TAIL ROTOR STRIKE, ALONG WITH THE SLIGHT
FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE HELICOPTER, CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE
FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 100FEET. DURING THIS GROUND SLIDE THE
CROSSTUBES COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO A STOP ON
ITS BELLY. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE
AIRCRAFT AS SOON AS IT SLID TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED
TO CAN THO ABOUT 6 HOURS LATER.\\

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16305
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00002530
Date: 07/20/1971
Accident case number: 710720061
Unit: 134^th AHC
The station for this helicopter was Tuy Hoa in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 3000

Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
P W2 FRECHETTE JF

Accident Summary:

WHILE LANDING IN A HOT PZ FOR TROOP EXTRACTION, AIRCRAFT MAIN
ROTOR BLADE STRUCK A TREE.\\

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This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0467.
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