The aircraft was inserting a recon team into a one ship LZ. The pilot's rate of descent became to fast during the approach. The pilot flared to decrease the rate of descent. Corrective action was too late and a hard landing resulted.
This record was last updated on 04/16/1997
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-17338
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 196807 0 0 WFJFAA 281 AHC VIETNAM
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