Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail
number 69-15169
The Army purchased this helicopter 0270
Total flight hours
at this point: 00000317
Date: 05/14/70
Accident case number: 700514021
Unit: 57 AHC
The station for this helicopter was An Khe 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 GRAHAM GS
Accident Summary:
ACFT HAD TO GO INTO A HOVER HOLE WITH 3 TO 4 FT STUMPS GUNNER COULD NOT SEE
STUMP WHICH ACFT HIT ICDT DMG
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 69-15169
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0270
Total flight hours at this point:
00000669
Date: 08/25/70
Unit: 57 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This
helicopter was UNK
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in
Operations Area this helicopter was in Orbit at 0010 feet and 090
knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 20 hits from:
Explosive Weapon;
Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (RPG,
7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section
Systems
damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS, TAIL ROTOR
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission
objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was
created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center
Helicopter database. Also: LNNF, JSIDR (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint
Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 69-15169
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0270
Total flight hours at this point:
00001420
Date: 720200
Unit: 142 TC CO
South Vietnam
UTM grid
coordinates: BT037642
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the
incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss
database. Also: VNAF (South Vietnamese Air Force. )
Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number
69-15169
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 0270.
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
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DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY
7002 0 0 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR
7003 13 13 WC5CAA 604 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7004 149 162 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
7005 155 317 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
7006 172 489 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
7007 132 621 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
7008 48 669 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
7009 94 763 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
7010 0 763 WC5CAA 604 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7011 0 763 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7012 0 763 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7101 3 766 NAT&GUARD NAT GDZI
7102 0 766 NAT&GUARD NAT GDZI
7103 91 857 WC3EAA 48 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7104 50 907 WC3EAA 48 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7105 97 1004 WC3EAA 48 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7106 70 1074 WC3EAA 48 AHC VIETNAM RVN
7107 61 1135 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7108 80 1215 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7109 70 1285 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7110 29 1314 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7111 67 1381 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7112 39 1420 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7201 0 1420 WE4HAA 142 TC DS VIETNAM RVN
Printed from databases on: 08/27/00