What the records say
- When
- 17 Feb 1974
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.90° N, 77.04° W
- Description
- 1974 incident in which a US Army pilot landed a stolen helicopter on the White House's south lawn
1974 White House helicopter incident
Theft and flight of military aircraft
On February 17, 1974, Robert Kenneth Preston, a private first class in the U.S. Army, took off in a stolen Bell UH-1B Iroquois "Huey" helicopter from Tipton Field, Maryland, and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in a significant breach of security. Preston had enlisted in the Army to become a helicopter pilot.
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