Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10068
The Army purchased this helicopter 0866
Total flight hours at this point: 00000418
Date: 12/08/1966
Incident number: 66120888.KIA
Unit: 71 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0050 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 2 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 Passenger Cargo Section
Systems damaged were: FUEL SYS, PERSONNEL
It is unknown or not reported if the self sealing fuel tank developed a leak.
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
for 20.00
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P1, 00923,
COMLT, FM232, CASRP, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
CE SP4 PALMIERI ERNEST KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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