Accident Summary:
THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A NORMAL COMBAT SUPPORT MISSION. THE MISSION CONSISTED OF A FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM PHAN THIET RVN. TO SONG MAO RVN. AND CONTINUING NORTH TO CAM RAHN BAY RVN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS DURING THE TIME OF FLIGHT HAD RECEIVED NO CAUTION OR WARNING LIGHTS AND ALL INSTRUMENTS READ IN THE GREEN. IT WAS NOT UNTIL TURNING FINAL THAT THE PASSENGER IN THE BACK NOTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA. THE PILOT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND QUICKLY OVER SHOT HIS INTENDED AREA AND FLARED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING TAIL LOW AND ON SLOPE. THE AIRCRAFTS MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE TAIL BOOM AND SEVERED IT. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT AND DID NOT BURN.\\
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16577
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00000498
Date: 06/01/71
Unit: B/7/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at 0010 feet and 070 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: VR854611
Helicopter took 4 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 INJ . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the
incident was created or updated: Defense
Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database.
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF,
CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format
Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16577
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 0169.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6901 0 0 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR 6902 0 0 3300 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6903 0 0 3300 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6904 59 59 WADPD0 D TRP 2SQ1CV4IN VIETNAM RVN 6905 0 59 3205 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6906 0 59 3205 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6907 93 152 WADPD0 D TRP 2SQ1CV4IN VIETNAM RVN 6908 8 160 WADPD0 D TRP 2SQ1CV4IN VIETNAM RVN 6909 30 190 WADPD0 D TRP 2SQ1CV4IN VIETNAM RVN 6910 31 221 WADPD0 D TRP 2SQ1CV4IN VIETNAM RVN 6911 34 255 WADPD0 D TRP 2SQ1CV4IN VIETNAM RVN 6912 28 283 WADPD0 D TRP 2SQ1CV4IN VIETNAM RVN 7001 78 361 WADPD0 D 2SQ 1 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7002 80 441 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7003 47 488 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7004 0 488 3532 7 CORPS SPT COM GERMANY EUROPE 7005 0 488 WC5EAA 608 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7006 0 488 WC5EAA 608 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7007 0 488 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 7008 0 488 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 7009 0 488 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 7010 0 488 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 7011 0 488 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 7012 0 488 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 7101 2 490 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7102 2 492 W0MHAA DIR FOR MAINT 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVSCOM 7103 0 492 W0MHAA DIR FOR MAINT 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVSCOM 7104 0 492 W0MHAA DIR FOR MAINT 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVSCOM 7105 6 498 WGZ6B0 B TRP 7 1ST ACS VIETNAM RVN
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Gary Roush
43 Overbrook Road
Painted Post, NY 14870
Printed from databases on: 02/21/99
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