Aircraft Accident/Incident History

Date: 24 Feb 1966
Description:
Accident case number: 0E149 Fatality Accident
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 0
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC O2 SILVA CE

Date: 24 Feb 1966
Description:
Accident case number: 0E149 Fatality Accident
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 0
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC O2 SILVA CE

Date: 08 May 1966
Description:
Accident case number: 0E686 Forced Landing without damage Accident
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 0
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC O2 SILVA CE

Date: 12 Jul 1966
Description:
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Troop Extraction , Hot Area.
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 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 Cockpit
Systems damaged were: STRUCTURE
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
for 200.00
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P1, 00379, FM48, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report.)

Date: 08 Aug 1966
Description:
Accident case number: F944
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 45281
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC SILVA CE
P DOLL LW

Accident Summary:

5 min after to vib noted vib became severe before acft could be landed TR came off as hovering auto completed. Failure of tr pitch control links gear box left acft sus fail TR head assy

Date: 24 Feb 1969
Description:
Incident number: 69022444.KIA
Unit: 176 AHC
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: BT300151
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report.)
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC WO1 MCALLISTER ANGUS W JR KIA
P WO1 BUTLER MERLE FLOYD II KIA
CE SP5 FORD RICHARD WAYNE KIA
G SP4 BAILEY JON KIA

Aircraft Assignment History