Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15544
The Army purchased this helicopter 0368
Total flight hours at this point: 00000549
Date: 07/24/1970
Unit: D/1/10 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While On Target this helicopter was Attacking at 0700 feet and 130 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 Bottom
Systems damaged were: STRUCTURE
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: JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15544
The Army purchased this helicopter 0368
Total flight hours at this point: 00001087
Date: 06/23/1971
Accident case number: 710623111
Unit: D/1/10 CAV
The station for this helicopter was An Son in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 1
costing 106372
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P W1 DAWKINS AB
CE E5 PLAVI CG
Passengers:
O5 EA SMART, LCO, G;
Accident Summary:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1525 ^W1 DAWKINS^ RECEIVED NOTICE OF A COMBAT ASSAULT "SCRAMBLE" MISSION, REGARDING AN ARMOR TEAM IN CONTACT. HE IMMEDIATELY RAN OUT, UNTIED HIS AIRCRAFT, AND STARTED UP. HIS CREW CHIEF WAS JUST RETURNING FROM EATING, WHEN HE SAW OTHER AIRCRAFT STARTING UP. HE RAN TO UNTIE HIS AIRCRAFT. ^W1 DAWKINS^ HAD ALREADY STARTED HIS AIRCRAFT AND MOTIONED FOR ^PLAVI^ TO GET IN. AFTER ^SPECIALIST PLAVI^ STRAPPED ^DAWKINS^ PICKED THE AIRCRAFT UP, MOVED THE TAIL TO THE RIGHT, HOVERED RIGHT, AND THEN STARTED HOVERING FORWARD. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOVING FORWARD TO CLEAR THE REVETMENT THE BLADES STRUCK THE TOP OF THE REVETMENT. ^W1 DAWKINS^ THEN SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. SPECIALIST ^PLAVI^ EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND A NORMAL ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
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This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0368.
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