ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176608
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| Date: | Friday 18 February 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1C Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | HHC/145th Combat Aviation Battalion (CAB) |
| Registration: | #64-14188 |
| MSN: | 1312 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vietnam, Bien Hoa Province, near Saigon -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tan Son Nhut |
| Bien Hoa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Before dawn, the A/C departed Tan Son Nhut on a routine administrative flight to Bien Hoa. The Pilot had issued a directive prohibiting "tree-hopping," it was reported that the unarmed slick flew precariously fast and low.
Thirty minutes later, the A/C crashed, while in low-level flight, and was cut in two when it hit high-tension wires (Coordinates XT950020). 2 PAX were nurses of 3rd. Field Hospital in Saigon: 2nd Lt. Carol Drazba and 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Jones
Sources:
http://www.tsna.org/documents/82.pdf
http://thewall-usa.com/women.asp
http://thewall-usa.com/search.asp
http://www.armyaircrews.com/huey_nam_66.html
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/34543/
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1024&bih=691&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=5EMFXY7ZFe-TlwTusJCwCQ&q=1966+helicopter+crash+near+saigon&oq=1966+helicopter+crash+near+saigon&gs_l=img.12...0.0..14309...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz-img.1ENpsNYWO1k#imgrc=XZHC_rjJHyw5iM:
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/amsmithj.htm
Images:
1966 Press Photo American helicopter burns in rice paddy after crash near Saigon. Source: Historic Images
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2015 08:15 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Jun-2019 07:54 | jsm | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2019 19:22 | jsm | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2019 12:08 | jsm | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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