Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10045
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000948
Date: 09/27/1967
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 0300 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 Cockpit
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR 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, 73760 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10045
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00000948
Date: 09/29/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
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 7 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (14.5MM, 7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Cockpit
Systems damaged were: COMM SYS, MAIN ROTOR 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, 73796 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10045
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00001327
Date: 12/30/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 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 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, 74629 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10045
The Army purchased this helicopter 0766
Total flight hours at this point: 00001327
Date: 01/06/1968
Accident case number: 680106031 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 176 AHC
The station for this helicopter was Chu Lai in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
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 ROBINSON DL
P W1 FORNES WJ
Accident Summary:
At 4 feet hover on takeoff, moved 4 feet forward when a loud bang was heard. The tail boom struck the ground. Aircraft turned 720 degrees then hit the ground. Suspect engine failure
This record was last updated on 01/05/1997
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10045
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 28 124 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6611 58 182 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6612 8 190 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6701 22 212 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6702 0 212 WQ6TAA 176AVNCO10AVNGP 3RDARMY FORT BENNING 3RD ARMY 6703 66 278 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6704 115 393 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6705 58 451 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6706 114 565 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6707 118 683 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6708 158 841 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6709 107 948 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6710 110 1058 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6711 123 1181 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6712 146 1327 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN
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