The fuel quick disconnect was improperly installed and came off in flight. The engine failed due to fuel starvation. On touch down, one main rotor blade contacted a tree
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16118
The Army purchased this helicopter 0367
Total flight hours at this point: 00000891
Date: 06/24/1969
Accident case number: 690624161
Unit: 173 AVN
The station for this helicopter was Di An in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 542
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC W1 MOLLER A
P W1 BITTING KH
CE E4 DURAN GE
G E4 JOACHIM JL
Accident Summary:
ACFT ON SHORT FINAL & UPON TERM T/R STRUCK GRND CAUSNG INC DAM \
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16118
The Army purchased this helicopter 0367
Total flight hours at this point: 00002051
Date: 11/08/1970
Incident number: 701108021ACD Accident case number: 701108021 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 335 AHC
The station for this helicopter was My Tho in
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 7 . . Passengers = 7
costing 101436
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
AC O2 MULLER RF
P W1 NEWCOMBE JM
CE E4 SHRINER RL
G E5 MARADEN JE
Passengers:
UNK CUONG NV, , CE, KIA;
, PAX, D;
, PAX, D;
******************, PAX, D;
, PAX, D;
, PAX, D;
, PAX, D;
Accident Summary:
ON 8 NOVEMBER AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 HOURS 1LT ROBERT F. MULLER AND HIS CREW WERE FLYING THE TRAIL AIRCRAFT IN A FLIGHT OF FOUR. THE MISSION WAS TO TRANSPORT VIETNAMESE TROOPS FROM A PICKUP ZONE LOCATED AT COORDINATES WS9953 TO A PREDETERMINED LANDING ZONE. DUE TO THE CONFIGURATION OF PICKUP ZONE THE FLIGHT PATH SELECTED FOR THE FOUR AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 DEGREES TO 310 DEGREES INBOUND AND 120 DEGREES OUTBOUND. THE PICKUP ZONE WAS A WATER FILLED RICE PADDY WITH THE WATER APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR FEET DEEP. THE AIRCRAFT WERE UNABLE TO SET DOWN AND HAD TO HOVER WITH THE SKIDS IN THE WATER TO ENABLE THE TROOPS TO CLIMB ABOARD. THE WIND WAS FROM THE EAST AT THREE TO FIVE KNOTS WHEN THE LEAD AIRCRAFT MADE HIS TAKE OFF. THE NUMBER TWO AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED AND WHEN THE FIRST TWO AIRCRAFT WERE CLEAR, THE NUMBER THREE AIRCRAFT AND LT MULLER'S AIRCRAFT (66-16118) CAME TO A HOVER. BOTH AIRCRAFT MADE A PEDAL TURN TO THEIR TAKE OFF HEADING. THE NUMBER THREE AIRCRAFT MADE HIS TAKE-OFF AND PASSED APPROXIMATELY ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF ROTOR WIDTHS TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRAIL AIRCRAFT. LT MULLER, WHO HAD MAINTAINED HIS AIRCRAFT AT A HOVER WHILE NUMBER THREE DEPARTED, BEGAN HIS TAKE-OFF FROM A HOVER OF APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE FEET. AS HE STARTED TO GAIN AIRSPEED AND APPROACH TRANSLATIONAL LIFT, HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOOSE A LITTLE ALTITUDE. JUST PRIOR TO, OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS, REACHING TRANSLATIONAL LIFT, AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF FEET, AIRCRAFT 66-16118 ENCOUNTERED THE ROTOR WASH FROM THE NUMBER THREE AIRCRAFT. 118 SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE AND BOTH SKIDS STRUCK THE WATER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER UNTIL THE CHIN BUBBLES HIT THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED FORWARD AND THE MAIN ROTOR STRUCK THE WATER. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SMASHED INTO THE GROUND AND THE MAIN ROTOR AND TRANSMISSION SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED ON ITS NOSE, ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE.\\
This record was last updated on 09/20/1998
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This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0367.
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