“ Helo crashed at John Hay's Baguio City, Phillipines on Feb 15 1973 @1010, I Robert Mejia, Benny Stafford, Joe Welch, Tom Furlow, The Uss Niagara Falls Xo, Co, the Doctor and Ops Officer were aboard along with other Ships company sailors, no one got seriously hurt, but the chopper was a total loss, the helo was too heavy for the altitude we were landing 4609 ft. So hovering to land was not acquired, hence the helo was overtorqued, causing NR to drop below recoverability, then it hit several trees on its way diwn the valley, it made 3 impacts coming to rst on its left side. ”