Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16628
Date:
11/26/67
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was a
Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
Unknown this helicopter
was Landing at 0035 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 12
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: PERSONNEL
Casualties = YES . .
The
helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to
accomplishing any 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, 74154 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16628
Date:
03/17/68
Incident number: 680317081ACD Accident case number: 680317081 Total
loss or fatality Accident
Unit: HHC/52 CAB
The station for this
helicopter was Camp Holloway in South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates:
YB999121
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 3 . . Passengers =
0
costing 270954
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 MW BROOKS
P O1 WH
BRITTAIN
CE SP4 GROVES DAVID LIVINGSTONE KIA
G E4 RF BURTON
Accident Summary:
During a command and control mission, the aircraft commander was requested to land the aircraft. While hovering near a clear area, one passenger jumped off and the aircraft swung into a stump. It then began to spin, crashed and burned
This record was last updated on 05/25/98
The following is crew member information for this incident:
Name: SP4 David Livingstone Groves
Status: Killed In Action from an
incident on 03/17/68 while performing the duty of Crew Chief.
Age at death:
21.4
Date of Birth: 10/17/46
Home City: Dupont City, WV
Service:
regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: HHC/52 AVN
Major organization:
1st Aviation Brigade
Service: U.S. Army.
The Wall location:
45E-011
Short Summary: Hit stump in LZ, spun, crashed &
burned.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 66-16628
Service number:
11606840
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 67N20 = UH-1 Helicopter
Repairer
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment
cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle:
crew chief
Started Tour: 05/04/67
"Official" listing: helicopter air
casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 01
Location: Kontum Province
II Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile -
died of other causes
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion:
Presbyterian
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining
this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead
Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted
personnel
This record was last updated on 08/27/97
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number
66-16628
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 .
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6803 0 0 WCYMT0 HHC/52 CAB VIETNAM VS
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