Helicopter UH-1H 67-17744

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17744
The Army purchased this helicopter 0868
Total flight hours at this point: 00002537
Date: 07/16/1970
Incident number: 700716041ACD Accident case number: 700716041 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 335 AHC
The station for this helicopter was Bear Cat in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 3 . . Passengers = 3
costing 305145
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC W1 GOLINSKI JF
P WO1 KRUMREI DONALD ALAN KIA
CE E4 ESPOSITO JA
G E3 SOTO R

Passengers:
LC LOCAL, LCO, G; , TIP, G; , GM, G;

Accident Summary:

UH-1H HELICOPTER ^37-17744^ DEPARTED BEARCAT, RVN AT 0725 HOURS ON 16 JULY 1970 TO JOIN A FLIGHT OF FOUR OTHER UH-1 HELICOPTERS AT BEN TRE AIRFIELD. AFTER A SHORT STOP AT TAN AN AIRFIELD (TO PICK UP SOME SMOKE GRENADES) AND A PILOT BRIEFING AT BEN TRE, THIS HELICOPTER WAS FLYING IN CHALK 3 POSITION ON A COMBAT ASSAULT MISSION. IT WAS ON THE THIRD APPROACH TO THE PECK UP ZONE THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. ^WO-1 KRUMREI^ WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND NEAR THE ROAD WHERE THE TROOPS WERE WAITING TO LOAD ONTO THE HELICOPTERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A STEEP DECELERATING ATTITUDE (FLARE) AS IT APPROACHED THE DITCH NEAR THE ROAD. WHILE STILL MOVING FORWARD AT ABOUT 5-10 FEET ABOVE THE WATER IN THE DITCH, THE HELICOPTER SUDDENLY STARTED TO LEVEL, SPUN RAPIDLY TOTHE RIGHT ABOUT 180 DEGREES, AND LANDED ABRUPTLY ON ITS LEFT SIDE IN TWO OR THREE FEET OF WATER.\\

This record was last updated on 09/20/1998

The following is crew member information for this incident:

Name: WO1 Donald Alan Krumrei
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 07/16/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 24.8
Date of Birth: 09/22/1945
Home City: Enid, OK
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 335 AHC
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 69-49
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 08W-022
Short Summary: Crash while on a combat assault (witness was Gary Dumond).
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 67-17744
Call sign: Cowboys
SSN: 441483615
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: A/C Accident
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 03/30/1970
“Official” listing: helicopter air casualty – pilot
The initial status of this person was: no previous report
Length of service: *
Location: Kien Hoa Province IV Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile – died of other causes
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Presbyterian
The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 07/29/1994

The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 67-17744
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 0868.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.

DATE  FLT HRS    UIC      UNIT          AREA          POST          COUNTRY
6808   0    0 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS      ITR CONUS                   AVCOMITR
6809  50   50 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6810 113  163 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6811 139  302 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6812 126  428 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6901 148  576 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6902 124  700 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6903 188  888 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6904 149 1037 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6905 139 1176 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6906 164 1340 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6907 150 1490 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6908 149 1639 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6909 159 1798 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6910 159 1957 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6911 140 2097 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
6912 153 2250 WGZ6C0 TRPC 7SQ 1AIRCV  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7001 102 2352 WCLUAA 611 TRANS CO DS  VIETNAM                     RVN      
7002   2 2354 WCLUAA 611 TRANS CO DS  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7003   0 2354 WCLUAA 611 TRANS CO DS  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7004   3 2357 WCLUAA 611 TRANS CO DS  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7005  19 2376 WGPQAA 335 ASLT HEL CO  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7006 161 2537 WGPQAA 335 ASLT HEL CO  VIETNAM                     RVN

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