Aircraft Accident/Incident History

Date: 16 Jun 1971
Description:
Total flight hours at this point: 675
Accident case number: 710616081
Unit: 71 AHC
The station for this helicopter was Chu Lai in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 1
costing 111125
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
AC W1 CARLISLE MR
P W1 MOSS SA
CE E4 BAILEY TD
G E4 LINER A

Passengers:
O4 JE BURNS, PAX, G;


Accident Summary:

The aircraft commander, pilot and crew departed Chu Lai Army Airfield in UH-1H 69-15762 at 0845 hours 16 June 1971, for a 5th ARVN C&C mission. the day was uneventful until around 1645 hours. Mr Michael Carlisle, the aircraft commander, was flying and set up his approach from east to west so as to land into the wind. On short final the aircraft commander felt a feedback in the cyclic control and a stiff collective. With the help of his pilot, Mr Carlisle landed the aircraft. As UH-1H 69-15762 touched down its main rotor blade struck the stabilizer bar of a VNAF aircraft parked on a pad adjacent to the touch down point. the blade strike set up a severe vibration in aircraft 69-15762, causing it to bounce away from the VNAF helecopter. The aircraft had seven passengers and four crew members at the time of the accident.

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