Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10057
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000734
Date: 08/14/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
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 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 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 Passenger Cargo Section
Systems damaged were: UNK
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all 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, 73421 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10057
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000734
Date: 08/18/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Logistics Support mission for Resupply , to Forward Area.
Unknown this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0500 feet and 070 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 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 Tail Section
Systems damaged were: UNK
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all 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, 73458 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10057
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000848
Date: 09/07/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
Unknown this helicopter was at Hover at 0001 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 11 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 Cockpit
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, 73621 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10057
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000848
Date: 09/29/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Logistics Support mission for Resupply , to Forward Area.
Unknown this helicopter was Landing at 0003 feet and 010 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: TAIL ROTOR, ELECTRICAL SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all 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, 73784 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10057
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000914
Date: 10/09/1967
Unit: 335 TC CO
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Logistics Support mission for Resupply
Unknown this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0150 feet and 050 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 2 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 Equipment Section
Systems damaged were: OIL SYS
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft took off, fully flight capable.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some 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, 73887 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10057
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000914
Date: 10/14/1967
Accident case number: 671014041 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 176 AHC
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 1 . . Passengers = 1
costing 228554
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 BLATTEL DL
P W1 PETRICKA VJ
CE E5 MOHR RA
G E3 RAMIREZ JM
Passengers:
E3 LC CLARK, PAX, D;
Accident Summary:
The aircraft overshot the landing pad on a pinnacle. The aircraft lost RPM during an attempted hover out of ground effect. The right side struck the hillside causing the aircraft to crash on the other side of the hill. Gusty winds and a wind change of more than 90 degrees was considered a factor.
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10057
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 0766.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6610 18 114 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6611 0 114 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6612 0 114 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6701 24 138 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6702 0 138 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6703 65 203 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6704 129 332 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6705 101 433 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6706 90 523 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6707 103 626 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6708 108 734 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6709 114 848 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6710 66 914 WCLQAA 335 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
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Printed from databases on: 08/09/1999
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