Helicopter UH-1B 62-01964

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 62-01964
Date: 05/14/1965
Accident case number: 0C056 Minor Damage Accident
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 6
costing 0
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
P O2 TURECEK JL
CP W1 DODD RG
CE E3 BOYTER GC
G E3 BIGECK DR

Passengers:
X1 UNK, PAX, 1; UNK, PAX, 1; UNK, PAX, 1; UNK, PAX, 1; UNK, PAX, 1; UNK, PAX, 1;

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 62-01964
Date: 06/25/1965
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was Landing at 0075 feet and 020 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 Tail Section
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: UH1P1, 01181, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )

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