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This record was last updated on 07/28/1994
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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16206
Incident number: 680625052ACD Accident case number: 680625052
Total loss or fatality Accident The station for this helicopter was Bear Cat in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 12 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 8
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. ) Summary: Believe this aircraft was BLUE 4 which was damaged after flying through debris from mid-air of BLUE 1 (66-16592) and the C&C (66-16601).
Crew Members:
P WO1 HOFFMAN DAVID R KIA
P WO1 ROHTVALI ARVI KIA
CE SP4 SMITH WAYNE MICHAEL KIA
G SP4 POWELL ROBERT KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
Accident Summary:
Copied from : http://www.armyaircrews.com
#66-16206 BLUE 4
A/C was in 4th in flight of 10 heading to AO. Weather was marginal in all quadrants and broken over the intended LZ. After BLUE 2 hit C&C ship, A/C flew directly into the debris and explosion causing the rotor system and T/B to tear away, crashed and explode on impact with ground
War Story:
Flight was carrying troops from the Royal Army Thai Volunteer Brigade.
