Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00892
The Army purchased this helicopter 1166
Total flight hours at this point: 00000568
Date: 06/23/67
Unit: 48 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was Unknown at 0800 feet and 080 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 3 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: UNK
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00892
The Army purchased this helicopter 1166
Total flight hours at this point: 00001116
Date: 11/06/67
Unit: 48 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
Unknown this helicopter was Landing at 0010 feet and 010 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 15 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 Equipment Section
Systems damaged were: FUEL SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00892
The Army purchased this helicopter 1166
Total flight hours at this point: 00001655
Date: 04/27/68
Accident case number: 680427021
Unit: 187 AHC
The station for this helicopter was Tay Ninh in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 1 . . Passengers = 0
costing 15663
Crew Members:
AC W1 TESMAR TE
P O2 LANGDON TD
Accident Summary:
The aircraft commander was chalk six in the formation and went IFR due to dust in the LZ. The aircraft commander hovered and approximately 6 feet off ground, he lowered his collective to such an extent to cause a hard landing breaking the tail boom off.
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00892
The Army purchased this helicopter 1166
Total flight hours at this point: 00001801
Date: 09/03/68
Unit: 187 AHC
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT090806
Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00892
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 1166.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6611 0 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD SUPMACOM 6612 0 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD SUPMACOM 6701 87 87 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6702 80 167 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6703 75 242 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6704 54 296 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6705 110 406 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6706 162 568 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6707 109 677 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6708 114 791 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6709 101 892 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6710 118 1010 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6711 106 1116 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6712 160 1276 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6801 94 1370 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6802 100 1470 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6803 106 1576 WC3EAA 48 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6804 79 1655 WCKGAA 20 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 6805 0 1655 WCKGAA 20 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 6806 0 1655 WCKGAA 20 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 6807 8 1663 WCKGAA 20 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 6808 138 1801 WDUTAA 187 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN
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