Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 64-13658
Date: 08/13/1966
Incident number: G027ACD Accident case number: G027
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 2 . . Injured = 2 . . Passengers = 0
costing 239921
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:
PP MAJ PHILLIPS HARRY V JR KIA
P MAJ GANDY KENT ELLSWORTH KIA
Accident Summary:
ACFT ON APP TO FLD SITE TO PICK UP WOUNDED PERS DESCENT MADE TO FLASHLITES ON GROUND APPROACH WAS TOO LOW STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED 1000 METERS SHORT OF INTENDED LANDING SPOT
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