Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail
number 67-17248
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours
at this point: 00000586
Date: 11/12/68
Accident case number: 681112031
Unit: B/7/17 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Phan Thiet in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing
5240
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation
Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P W1 CHRISTEN WP
Accident Summary:
M/R STRUCK TREE IN LZ ON SETDOWN FROM HOVER WHILE TRPS WERE DEPLANING
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17248
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point:
00001225
Date: 10/23/69
Accident case number: 691023031
Unit: B/7/17
CAV
The station for this helicopter was An Khe in
Number killed in
accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 5233
Source(s)
from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center
database.
Crew Members:
P W1 THOMPSON RL
Accident Summary:
ACFT FLYING DOWNWIND IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AT 70 KNOTS WHEN RT CARGO DOOR CAME
OFF & STRUCK M/R/B DOOR WAS OPEN HOWEVER RETAINING PIN WAS NOT IN ICDT DAM
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17248
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point:
00001381
Date: 04/04/70
Accident case number: 700404081
Unit: B/7/17
CAV
The station for this helicopter was Camp Holloway 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:
P W1 CUNNINGHAM RE
Accident Summary:
ON TAKEOFF & PRIOR TO REACHING TRANSLATIONAL LIFT ROTOR WASH RAISED A
PORTION OF PSP & SKIDS WERE HOOKED UNDER CAUSING DMG TO SKIDS & CROSS
TUBES
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17248
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point:
00001516
Date: 07/26/70
Accident case number: 700726121 Total loss or
fatality Accident
Unit: 57 AHC
The station for this helicopter was An Khe
in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers
= 0
costing 244345
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the
incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss
database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report.
)
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC W1
LEE TC
P W1 MASTERJOHN
VR
CE E4 DONAHUE MJ
G E4 JOHNSON RN
Accident Summary:
UH-1H AIRCRAFT NUMBER ^67-17248^, UNDER THE COMMAND OF ^WO1 TERRY C.
LEE,^
HAD ENTERED A PICK-UP ZONE AS CHALK 2 OF A FLIGHT OF 5 ARICRAFT. AFTER PICKING
UP 5 PASSENGERS, ^MR.
LEE^ DEPARTED THE PZ AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 5000
FEET AS INDICATED ON THE ALTIMETER WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET ABOVE THE
GROUND. AFTER REACHING THIS ALTITUDE, ^MR.
LEE^ ENTERED A LEFT HAND ORBIT WHILE
WAITING FOR ALL SHIPS OF THE FLIGHT TO JOIN UP BEFORE DEPARTING FOR THE LANDING
ZONE. UP UNTIL THIS TIME, ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE INDICATING NORMAL. WHILE IN THE
ORBIT, THE GUNNER, ^SP4 MARK J. DONAHUE,^ INFORMED THE PILOTS OF A UNUSUAL NOISE
COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT
CAME ON. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY DETECTED BY ^MR.
LEE^ WHO TOLD THE PILOT TO LOOK
AT THE MASTER CAUTION PANEL TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CAUTION LIGHT. THE
PILOT, ^WO1 VICTOR R. MASTERJOHN^, LOOKED AT THE MASTER CAUTION PANEL AND
INFORMED ^MR.
LEE^ THAT THE ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT WAS ON. THEN THE ENGINE
RPM BEGAN DETERIORATING, AND THE AUDIO WARNING DEVICE ALONG WITH THE RPM WARNING
LIGHT CAME ON. BOTH PILOTS IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND ^MR.
LEE^ ENTERED AUTOROTATION. ^MR. MASTERJOHN^ CONTINUED TO MONITOR THE INSTRUMENTS
AND HE SAW THAT THE N1 HAD DROPPED TO APPROXIMATELY 10% THE TORQUE WAS ZERO,
ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS ZERO, AND THAT THE ENGINE RPM WAS BELOW 2000 AND STILL
FALLING. HE DID NOT REMEMBER THE EGT READING. ROTOR RPM REMAINED WITHIN THE
OPERATIONAL LIMITS. ^MR.
LEE^ TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS THE EAST TO AVOID A
MOUNTAIN RANGE TO THE WEST, AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE LANDING SITE.
DURING DESCENT, HE CONTINUED TO MANUEVER THE AIRCRAFT IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO
KEEP THE ROTOR RPM WITHIN LIMITS. AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, A
POSSIBLE LANDING SITE WAS SPOTTED AND ^MR.
LEE^ MADE HIS APPROACH TO THIS AREA.
HE TERMINATED THE APPROACH AT A TEN FOOT HOVER TO AVOID OVERSHOOTING THE AREA.
THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE LANDING SITE WHICH HAD A SLOPE
OF APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES. PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN, ^MR. MASTERJOHN^ TURNED OFF
ALL SWITCHES AND ^SP4 DONAHUE^ HAD KICKED OFF BOTH HIS MACHINE GUN AND
AMMUNITION. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND, BOUNCED ONCE TURNING ABOUT 90 DEGREES
IN THE PROCESS, AND THEN SETTLED. DURING THIS TIME, THE TAIL BOOM WAS SEVERED
FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGERS EXITED THE DOWNED AIRCRAFT AND SET UP
SECURITY, AND THE CREW PULLED OUT ALL OF THE RADIOS. TWO SHIPS FROM THE SAME
UNIT LANDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND LIFTED THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OUT AND TOOK
THEM TO THE ^17TH FIELD HOSPITAL^ AT AN KHE.
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67-17248
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 0268.
Please provide any additional information on this
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DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY
6802 0 0 3300 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY
6803 26 26 WAZNT0 HQ 7 SQ 17 CAV VIETNAM RVN
6804 48 74 WAZNT0 HQ 7 SQ 17 CAV VIETNAM RVN
6805 60 134 WAZNT0 HQ 7 SQ 17 CAV VIETNAM RVN
6806 65 199 WAZNT0 HQ 7 SQ 17 CAV VIETNAM RVN
6807 64 263 WAZNT0 HQ 7 SQ 17 CAV VIETNAM RVN
6808 76 339 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6809 78 417 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6810 90 507 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6811 79 586 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6812 125 711 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6901 46 757 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6902 27 784 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6903 31 815 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6904 71 886 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6905 20 906 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6906 83 989 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6907 41 1030 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6908 87 1117 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6909 61 1178 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6910 47 1225 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6911 46 1271 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
6912 18 1289 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
7001 14 1303 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
7002 43 1346 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
7003 30 1376 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN
7004 5 1381 WC5CAA 604 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7005 0 1381 WC5CAA 604 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7006 34 1415 WAX5AA 57 AVN CO AM FW VIETNAM RVN
7007 101 1516 WC5CAA 604 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
7008 0 1516 WC5CAA 604 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
Printed from databases on: 08/27/00
