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CW2 Michael J. Foley [P] UH-1 C injured. USAAVNS A/C crashed at approx 1325 hrs in a steep ravine near Timber Mountain while attempting to take off from mountain with all unit IP's, ASO, and CO at Ft Carson. #65-10109 shortly after takeoff along the western sector of the DMZ at 2145 hours approx. A/C crashed in a grassy field near Wicksburg, about 10 mi from Dothan, while on a NVG training mission from Ft Rucker. Among those killed were the deputy commander of the US Military Group and 5 Army helicopter crew members and medical specialists. PFC Elijah Lister Jr Updates ongoing as research is completed. [Need Tail#] MAAG A/C crashed during Operation Brimfrost at Ft Wainwright. A/C was on final approach during hydraulics-off landing and did not maintain proper lane alignment which was aggravated by the application of left lateral cyclic at reduced airspeed. A/C and crew were based at Peden Barracks in Wertheim. [Need Tail#] USAAVNS D/28 AVN (NC ARNG) At an altitude of 15-20' AGL and very slow airspeed, the A/C pitched nose up and climbed to 50-60', rolled inverted and crashed. SP6 Charles D. Huntzinger [CE] #66-16668 CW2 James R. Harbeson [P] USAAVNS USAAVNS PFC Terrance T. Klein LTC Joseph L. Lujan USAAVNS 120 AVN [Need Tail#] At 1825 hrs, witness on the northern coast reported low-flying acft flying over her house, followed by silence. 3/498 MED SPC Kurt M. Magill SSG Edward Roberts [CE] SSG Benjamin R. Greenplate [CE] A/C crashed on the downwind leg at Toth stagefield during full faced NVG training. [Need Tail#] CPT John L. Dunnavant [P] CW2 Clarence L. Benoit [CP] UH-1H A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. #69-15851 UH-1 WO1 Edward E. Dewinter Jr [P] . #67-17423 SP4 Kurt J. Schroeder [CE] Flight slowed to about 50 KIAS and crossed a tower at less than required 50' clearance when Chalk #4 descended onto the tower while returning to cruising altitude. Crash took place during Gallant Eagle exercises and acft was based in Ft Sill. Wreckage was not found until 2300 hrs and investigation determined that A/C crashed in a left climbing turn of 32 deg into a 35 deg mountainside at an elevation of 1150'. SGT Sheldon W. Gran UH-1D SGT Daniel R. Deyarmin During the conflict, the Hueys relied primarily on 7.62 . CPT Donald J. Dicenso Jr [P] A/C from Ft Lewis crashed and burned after it struck power lines about 8 miles N of Ellensburg, near the Reecer Creek area while reconnoitering for Exercise Coulee Crest. A/C crashed in Clark Hill Reservoir in 50' of water 300 yards from shore near Plum Branch. 2LT William P. Russell [CP] A/C went IMC after climbing into clouds for unknown reasons and pilot made mayday call indicating that A/C was spinning. UH-1 UH-1H UH-1H UH-1H Approx 5 min after takeoff Chalk 2, flying at 100' AGL, lost sight of lead and inadvertently entered a descending left turn after becoming spatially disoriented and crashed in the Anderson Butte area of the Siskiyou Mountains in Southern Oregon. #593 #68-16200 PFC Bonnie C. Handley. WOC Billy L. West [SP] SP4 Jerome L. Brachel [CE] Loss of rotor RPM, pilot initiated a full flare, close to the ground and impact occurred at 20 degree attitude, nose up with a 30 degree right roll at 60 KIAS. CW3 Carl J. #63-8762 Butler. CP & CE injured. #71-20284 In an attempt to maintain contact with the flight, pilot entered a slight descending left turn. Investigation revealed that IP allowed student pilot to put the A/C in an attitude from which it was impossible to recover. UH-1H WO1 Sheryl L. Siroonian [P] 3 injured. [Need A/C Unit] (CA ARNG) SGT Fernando Garcia [CE]. Aerial Rocket Artillery (ARA) Battalions used all rocket (Hog) configurations with gun armed and grenade ships only in the Headquarters Battery. LTJG Robert W. Fobes Jr (USN) 1LT Robert E. Tindall [SP] UH-1H A/C in flight of three crashed into a field near the village of Hermersdorf during a training flight. 4-228 AVN BN UH-1B #70-16337 UH-1H #60-3543 A/C from Ft Campbell crashed 14 mi S of Cadiz and approx 2 mi SW of Veghel LZ at 1330 hrs on a training flight during FTX Orbiting Eagle IV after losing the T/R at night at low level, and went inverted into the trees. SP4 Brian A. Tetta [C] A/C was in a 10-ship formation on the Kimpo Peninsula supporting a search for a suspected NK agent, when the #1 hanger bearing seized and the short T/R drive shaft came apart in flight. When the Army adopted its own two-letter designation system, the H-40 became the HU-1 (Helicopter Utility). 11 ACR At 2017 hours the A/C impacted the ground in a 30-deg. The main fuselage came to rest directly underneath the power line and the tail section rolled approx 40' down a hill. WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP] #70-16340 #62-2109 A/C flew into the trees on a moonless night 5 mi SW of Andalusia, while conducting a low-level navigation course at Ft Rucker 8 days before the scheduled graduation of class 71-41. Aircrews from Ellsworth Air Force Base worked side-by-side with members of the 582nd Helicopter Group out of F.E. PFC Donald R. Hughes. #69-15320 SPC Samuel K. May A/C crashed near Ras Nasrani during a prephase maintenance test flight in Sinai. The soldiers had been conducting Crash occurred at approx 2355 hrs near Shaw Mountain on the NW portion of Ft Hood. Two aircraft involved were trailing. A/C crashed shortly before noon 9 miles NE of Cheraw during Air Assault II exercises due to engine failure followed by extended glide to clearing and hit trees. UH-1H USAAVNS A/C rolled and tumbled a distance of 130' until coming to rest on its right side on a heading of 225 deg, approx 530' downstream from the wires. CW2 Harold M. Kelly Jr This mod contain: AB-205 Huey Italian Army variant. #69-15679 A U.S. Air Force Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star of the 1st Composite Wing, Andrews AFB, Maryland, crashes just short of the north runway on approach to that base, killing pilot Maj. John H. McDowell Jr., 37, Clinton, Maryland, and Lt. Edwin D. Billmeyer, 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, and injuring three motorists on the ground. [Need Tail#] 101 AVN A/C crashed in the Red Desert near Rock Springs while ferrying helicopter from CCAD to Boise, ID. PFC Jaff J. Decker [CE] CW2 John M. Mercer* [CP]. SP5 David O. Moore. 5 injured. [Need Tail#] CPT Dennis H. Uyenoyama [P] A/C was found at first light the next day, with the only recognizable feature being the T/B sticking straight up out of the ground. UH-1D A/C rocked forward on nose, bounced and hit an embankment causing fuel cells to rupture. UH-1H CWO Floyd Branchfield [P] The initial Army designation was HU-1, which led to the common unofficial nickname of "Huey." They then formed up in a side-by-side formation to fly past a picnic area at approx 25' AGL and 90-100 KIAS when M/R blades made contact and crashed. UH-1H The gun armed aircraft would, of course, carry rockets as specified by the unit's mission. D/5/117 CAV (NJ ARNG) #64-13571 WO James L. Mersman [P] SP4 David E. Michon Search was officially suspended on 10MAR81. B/82 CAB WOC Donald W. Strickland [SP], 2LT Kenneth W. Birdwell [P] A/C descended while in left-banked attitude and impacted water at high speed, sinking to depth of 220m. CE injured. A/C was on a MAST blood run and had dropped off the blood at Madisonville, KY hospital and was returning to Ft Campbell flying at 75' AGL when it hit a powerline severing the M/R push-pull tubes. A/C took off at approx 0700 hours on test flight when it crashed into Patuxent River in a steep right turn flying at approx 100 KIAS and immediately sank. CPT David T. Johnson WOC William L. Nutt [SP] SP4 Douglas Lee Adams [CE] The bearing failed due to lack of lubrication. USAAVNS [Need Tail#] SGT Jeffrey L. Kildow [CE] USAAVNTBD A/C crashed 2 miles from Matteson Range on Ft Rucker in heavy thunderstorms while on a routine mission. CW2 Willie M. Baker SGT John W. Scott [SP]. Ward [CE] USAAVNS SAR operations failed to locate the missing A/C and were called off on December 4. 229 MED DET CW2 Guy L. Andrews Jr [CP] 1LT Vicki L. Boyd [PI] UH-1H Suspect crew disorientation due to whiteout conditions when A/C hit the mountain on the right side. SP5 Leonard Velucci. CPT Sashai Dawn [PC] The M/R blades and xmsn were torn loose before ground impact. UH-1H #PinoyAviatorsNEWS PAF UH-1H HUEY CRASHED, KILLING 2 PILOTS, 2 AIRCREWS & 3 ARMY SOLDIERS ONBOARD A Philippine Air Force (PAF) UH-1H "Huey" helicopter with tail number 517 from the 205th Tactical. UH-1H CPT Stanley B. Albrecht [IP] USAAVNS #67-17567 A/8 AVN BN B/158 AVN Struck by an RPG in LZ Airborne. WO1 John O. A/C impacted ground nose low and in left-bank attitude. A/C was on a routine training mission out of Ft Rucker when it crashed and burned near the Crenshaw-Covington county lines just off of CR 43 and a 1/4 mile from Hwy 331 about 7 mi S of Brantley. PV2 Randall J. Ladwig #70-16233 UH-1 PIC broke formation and descended to an altitude of 50'-75' AGL for about 2 miles. UH-1 2LT Richard D. Puckett [SP] A/C crashed in a hilly wooded at approx 0210 hrs area near the E70 autobahn between Wildflecken and Bad Bruckenau during a medevac mission. Warren AFB, Wyo., during a joint exercise at the Powder River Training Complex in western South Dakota, Dec. 7, 2017. 3 miles SW of Panmunjom. #68-15383 A/C crashed in a pasture on the Andy Kane Ranch on Squirrel Creek Rd, approx 7 mi E of Fountain shortly before noon due to "Jesus nut" (M/R mast retaining nut) coming off while on a routine operational training flight from Ft Carson. PFC Jose H. Garcia CPT Thomas M.D. NOTE: This A/C & crew took off from our flight line, where it was based when not in field. A/C crashed near Elba after the mast failed resulting in separation of M/R. army aircrews huey. One common thread I have noted in offline discussions with other servicemembers, regardless of branch of service, whether inside oroutside Army Aviation is that my fellow crewmembers . Xsmn displaced in flight, allowing M/R blade to sever tailboom. 1 injured. Visibility was 3 mi with light rain and fog. A/C departed the site at approx 1415 hrs and proceeded downstream to recon the river. Vietnam Gear investigates the development of the U.S. Army's aircrew body armor from the 1962 heavyweight pilots shield through to the 1971 lightweight Nomex mesh back vest. UH-1B UH-1H CPT Robert D. Brown [P] Investigation determined that the torque on the clamping bolts of the swashplate outer ring trunnion bore was less than prescribed resulting in the trunnion bore wearing through the retaining bolts and coming out in flight. CW2 Stewart Hundere [AC] AHT/163 ACR (UT ARNG) A/C crashed 4 mi NW of Pembroke while on a routine training mission from Ft Stewart. WO1 Michael R. Dawson [CP] CW3 Charles N. Hurt [MP] #67-17621 A/C rebounded into the air and struck the ground with a 30 degree left roll, rebounded once more in the air with remaining fuselage and rolled 1 1/2 times coming to rest inverted. Ground time between flight operations should be sufficient to allow flight crew to eat and obtain at least 8 hours of uninterrupted rest. SP4 Jimmie L. Barbaree [CE]. 421 MED #69-15675 CW2 Kenneth A. Getchell [P] #66-16704 UH-1D CW3 Robert J. Izzo Jr [MP] #68-15387 SSG Horace P. Robinson [C] 11,846 helicopters According to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, a total of 11,846 helicopters were shot down or crashed during the war, resulting in nearly 5,000 American pilots and crew killed. A/C crashed and burned in a wooded area near Hunter AAF while on a routine training mission. UH-1M MAJ Miles H. Downes SP4 David G. Cowan [CE]. UH-1H A special missions aviator instructor with the 54th Helicopter Squadron prepares for takeoff at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on May 13, 2014. CPT Clarence M. Bratt [P] CW3 Donald F. Landmesser [IP] SP4 Terry L. Knoll [CE] UH-1H UH-1H UH-1D CW2 Harold E. Carty Jr [IP] UH-1B Spring pin in fuel control failed because of stress corrosion, resulting in power loss. 55 AVN 53 AVN DET A/C hit pine tree during night training exercise (TAC X) crashed inverted and burned. A/C was performing a hydraulics off go around at a Skelly Stage Field. CW2 John P. Parnin [IP] UH-1H Shaft sheared from coupling after seizure. 71 AVN During a night-aided flight at 75' AGL and 60 KIAS, pilot made an evasive right turn to avoid another acft and while still in a slight descent, hit 10' berm. Mid-air with OH-58A over Ft Hood near Anderson Mountain during Operation Gallant Hand '73. UH-1D The A/C flew on its side into a thick stand of trees after the pilot apparently became disoriented and lost control after the A/C turned while some helicopters flying with it maneuvered to avoid thin, low clouds. SP5 Edward E. Poindexter SP4 Donald G. Van Dyke CPT Charles W. Worley [P] SP5 George A. Minter [CE]. CW2 Jeffrey A. Moore [P] CW2 Phillip A. Jones [PP] #69-15531 336 AVN (USAR) CW2 Julius H. Ingram [P] [Need Tail#] UH-1H A/C was in flight of 7 acft on RTB from a 5-day field exercise to Goeppingen, proceeding in loose trail formation. 2 PAX injured, 1 CAV UH-1H Pilots (Group & BN Safety Officers) tried to beat a thunderstorm flying back to Campbell AAF. SP5 Henry L. Andrews* [CE] B/1/228 AVN #68-15644 2LT Eric J. Smeltzer [P] CIV Sven E. Carlson Thanks in large part to the helicopter's numerous appearances on the silver screen, it is now difficult to picture the Vietnam War without seeing the UH-1 Iroquois - better known as the Huey. HHC/194 BDE A/C hit trees and crashed in swampy area. UH-1 163 ACR (MT ARNG) CW2 Mark H. Nelson [P] ALTONA, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, dropped more than 100,000 gallons of water on a 526-acre forest fire burning in Flatrock State Forest on July 13 and July 15. SP5 Gerald Rybacki [MO]. The UH1 was the archetypal utility helicopter used in Vietnam. The Sky's no limit. A soldier of a field arty observation party exited properly to front of A/C but while attempting to return to acft to pick up additional equipment, walked into the T/R during a training exercise at Ft Irwin. PdM AW is a product management office within the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier portfolio. PFC Dennis J. Disselhorst WOC Stephen L. McGrew [SP] IP injured. Evidence of inflight fire prior to impact and wreckage was distributed over an area of 1800' long and 200' wide. A/C crashed on a pass over a firing range target on Ft Drum at approx 1500 hrs. [OH-58A Involved], PFC Michael E. Whittle [C] A/C crashed into a tree and exploded in flames about 1600 hrs in 11 Mile Canyon, approx 10 mi W of Florissant, during a medevac of an injured mountain climber that fell off a cliff. USAAVNS A/C from Ft Carson was on a SAR shortly before noon while ferrying searchers to look for the remains of a man stranded by a Christmas Eve plane crash, when engine and rotor rpm bled off during approach to LZ. 04 APR 71. The Army employed it in various roles, including that of an armed escort or attack gunship in Vietnam. 1LT Gregory J. Paredes [CP] UH-1V 28 AVN (PN ARNG) $17.95. DAC Morgan C. Probasco. The xsmn departed the A/C from the vibration. SFC Lynn V. Keen [MO] UH-1H CPT Wallace A. Kell [P] SP5 Warren W. Lemberg [CE]. PFC Charles R. Kaiser SP5 Gary L. Harelstad [CE]. SFC Charles R. Metcalf [CE] eBay Money Back Guarantee. A/C crashed approx 5 mi W post near Monroe Mountain due to separation of drive link trunion bearing from swashplate. CPT Gary E. Elliott. USAAVNS CW4 Daniel S. Scott [P] USAAVNS Flight flew over serveral sets of power lines then descend to lower altitude after crossing. A/C apparently lost its M/R before crashing in a fiery ball on the Coastal Hwy 156 near Castroville while on a test flight at approx 1120 hours. Rotor blade landed 500 meters from the A/C. USAAVNS At the time of the crash non-rated 2LT Groce was in the pilot's seat flying the A/C. WOC Arthur S. Primeau [SP] A/C crashed at approx 1100 hours near Townsend during annual training. PVT Barry J. Chatwin* UH-1D A/C departed home station IFR at 1057 hrs and at 1134 hrs crew contacted radar control and reported severe turbulence at 6000' MSL.

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