Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail
number 66-16523
The Army purchased this helicopter 0667
Total flight hours
at this point: 00000565
Date: 11/23/67
Unit: 2 SIG
This was a Combat
incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Air/land Assault , Hot
Area.
Unknown this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0700 feet and 080
knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 5 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic
Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in
size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Main Rotor Blade
System
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS
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: UH1P2, 74132 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16523
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0667
Total flight hours at this point:
00001624
Date: 01/13/69
Accident case number: 690113021
Unit: 57
AHC
The station for this helicopter was Kontum in
Number killed in
accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 670
Source(s) from
which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC W1 MULKEY JC
P W1 PASSANT F
Accident
Summary:
AC NOTICED SHUDDER FROM REAR OF ACFT EGT CLIMBED PAST 900 THROTTLE WAS ROLLED
OFF & AUTO WAS EXEC ONLY AVAILABLE LDG AREA WAS DOWNWIND & HARD LDG
RESULTED \
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16523
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0667
Total flight hours at this point:
00002508
Date: 06/16/70
Incident number: 700616241ACD Accident case
number: 700616241 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 118 AHC
The
station for this helicopter was Bien Hoa in
Number killed in accident = 1 .
. Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 1
costing 289345
Source(s) from which the
incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Loss
to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC W2 MOORE D
P O5 MORAN O
CE E4
BRUNO J
G E4 WILSON S
Passengers:
CPT MCCRONE JAMES ROLAND, AR,
PX, KIA;
Accident Summary:
THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AT NHA BE FOR FUEL. AT 1305 THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER,
CW2 MOORE, RECEIVED CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER FOR HOVER DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 29.
AFTER MAKING THEIR HOVER CHECK, ALL INSTRUMENTS READING NORMAL, THE PILOT MADE
THE TAKE-OFF. SHORTLY AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER
INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT, HEADING GENERALLY WEST. ABOUT 150
TO 200 METERS OUT OVER THE NHA BE RIVER THE PILOT NOTICED HIS RPM DOWN TO
APPROXIMATELY 5000. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER TOOK THE CONTROLS AND TOLD THE PILOT
TO PUT THE EMERGENCY GOVERNOR SWITCH INTO THE MEERGENCY POSITION. NO RISE WAS
NOTICED BY EITHER PILOT IN RPM AS A RESULT OF THIS SWITCH. THE AIRCRAFT
COMMANDER INITIATED A FLARE TO SLOW DOWN HIS FORWARD AIRSPEED. SECONDS LATER AT
A VERY SLOW FORWARD SPEED THE TAIL BOOM HIT THE WATER, THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED
FORWARD AND BEGAN TO SETTLE INTO THE WATER. AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED IT TURNED ON
ITS' RIGHT SIDE. AS THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER WENT OUT THE LEFT DOOR THE PILOT
PUSHED THE CYCLIC ALL THE WAY RIGHT TO ALLOW THE WATER TO STOP THE MAIN ROTOR
BLADES. THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN ABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET OF WATER WITH THE ENTIRE CREW
GETTING OUT SAFELY. NAVY PATROL BOATS PICKED THEM UP MINUTES LATER.
This record was last updated on 09/20/98
The following is crew member information for this incident:
Name: CPT James Roland Mc Crone
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on
06/16/70 while performing the duty of Passenger.
Age at death: 25.3
Date
of Birth: 03/03/45
Home City: Dallas, TX
Service: SC branch of the reserve
component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: MACV Advisors
Major organization: MACV
advisors
Service: SC branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location:
09W-058
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 66-16523
SSN: 459744790
Country:
South Vietnam
MOS: G4400
Position in vehicle: passenger
Started Tour:
12/19/69
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew
Length
of service: *
Location: Gia Dinh Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost
or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died illness or injuries
married
male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Presbyterian
The following
information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category
of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel:
active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on
03/05/94
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number
66-16523
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 0667.
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
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DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY
6706 0 0 W0Y6AA INTRANSIT IN TRANSIT AVCOMCTR
6707 78 78 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6708 108 186 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6709 103 289 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6710 161 450 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6711 115 565 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6712 85 650 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6801 70 720 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6802 89 809 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6803 76 885 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6804 94 979 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6805 102 1081 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6806 16 1097 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6807 119 1216 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6808 78 1294 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6809 0 1294 WCDXAA 2D SIGNAL GRP VIETNAM RVN
6810 89 1383 WCDXAA 119 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN
6811 36 1419 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
6812 100 1519 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
6901 105 1624 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
6902 46 1670 WC5CAA 572ND MI DET VIETNAM RVN
6903 0 1670 WC5CAA 572ND MI DET VIETNAM RVN
6904 0 1670 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR
6905 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6906 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN STORAGE NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6907 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN STORAGE NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6908 0 1670 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6909 1 1671 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6910 6 1677 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM
6911 89 1766 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
6912 125 1891 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7001 173 2064 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7002 100 2164 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7003 135 2299 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7004 93 2392 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7005 72 2464 WAX9AA 118 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
7006 44 2508 WFQ8AA 165 TC DS 34 GP VIETNAM RVN
7007 0 2508 WFQ8AA 165 TC DS 34 GP VIETNAM RVN
7008 0 2508 WHB1AA 166 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7009 0 2508 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR
7010 0 2508 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7011 0 2508 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7012 0 2508 W2WJAA BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM
7101 0 2508 NAT&GUARD NAT GDZI
7102 0 2508 NAT&GUARD NAT GDZI
Printed from databases on: 08/27/00