Accident Summary:
AT 0515 HOURS, 21 JULY 1972, ^ WO1 JOHN M. KINSELLA^, ^015-40-4039^, AIRCRAFT COMMANDER AND ^WO1 ERIC D. OLSSON^, ^545-78-9983^, PILOT OF THE ^57TH AHC, CAMP HOLLOWAY^, RVN, APO 96318, DEPARTED AN SON, RVN IN UH-1H, ^SN 65-9669^ FOR TUY HOA AB, RVN. AFTER ARRIVING AT TUY HOA AB, ^WO1 KINSELLA^ WAS GIVEN A BRIEFING ON THE DAYS ACTIVITIES. THEY WERE GOING TO BE INSERTING KOREAN TROOPS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANDING ZONES DURING THE DAY. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT ^WO1 KINSELLA^ AND ^WO1 OLSSON^ HAD MADE SIX COMBAT ASSAULTS INTO DIFFERENT LANDING ZONES. ^WO1 OLSSON^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM TUY HOA TO THE LANDING ZONE, WHICH WAS 12 NAUTICAL MILES NW OF TUY HOA. THE AIRCRAFT LOAD CONSISTED OF THE FOUR CREWMEMBERS AND SIX KOREAN TROOPS. ON FINAL APPROACH A PRELANDING CHECK WAS MADE AND THE PRELANDING WAS NORMAL. THE LANDING ZONE WAS A TWO SHIP LZ AND ^WO1 KINSELLA^ AND ^WO1 OLSSON^ WAS THE SECOND SHIP OF TWO. THE FIRST SHIP LANDED TO A SADDLE BETWEEN TWO RIDGES AND ^WO1 KINSELLA^ POINTED OUT THE LANDING SITE FOR ^WO1 OLSSON^ TO MAKE HIS APPROACH TO. THE LANDING SITE WAS ON A RIDGE WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT OF GRASS. ^WO1 OLSSON^ BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A HOVER AND BEGAN A DESCENT TO THE GROUND. THE LEFT SKID TOUCHED DOWN FIRST AND AS IT TOUCHED DOWN ^WO1 OLSSON^ FELT THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE TO THE RIGHT AND REAR. CORRECTING FOR THE AIRCRAFT SLIDING TO THE RIGHT AND REAR, ^WO1 OLSSON^ APPLIED LEFT FORWARD CYCLIC AND PULLED IN POWER. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER TO THE LEFT AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK THE GROUND AT THE TEN O'CLOCK POSITION AND AGAIN AT THE THREE O'CLOCK POSITION. THEY IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE PICKED UP BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FROM THEIR UNIT. SOMETIMES LATER THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE FROM A GRASS FIRE STARTED BY A LZ PROP AND WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.\\
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This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0266.
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