Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16579
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00000240
Date: 04/04/69
Unit: D/3/5 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0030 feet and 040 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Engine Compartment
Systems damaged were: ENGINE
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the
incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: LNOF, 90412,
JSIDR (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Joint
Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16579
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00000375
Date: 06/10/69
Unit: 520 TC BN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0050 feet and 040 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 2 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Equipment Section
Systems damaged were: ENGINE, MAIN ROTOR SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the
incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: LNOF, 90728,
JSIDR (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Joint
Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16579
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00000375
Date: 06/12/69
Unit: 520 TC BN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0100 feet and 040 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (5.6MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section
Systems damaged were: STRUCTURE
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the
incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: LNOF, 90736,
JSIDR (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Joint
Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16579
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00000722
Date: 02/12/71
Unit: C/7/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0050 feet and 100 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNNF (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. )
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16579
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 15 15 WDF2D0 DTRP 5CAV 9INF VIETNAM RVN 6903 102 117 WDF2D0 DTRP 5CAV 9INF VIETNAM RVN 6904 123 240 WDF2D0 DTRP 5CAV 9INF VIETNAM RVN 6905 85 325 WDF2D0 DTRP 5CAV 9INF VIETNAM RVN 6906 50 375 WDFHAA HHC 520T BN34GP VIETNAM RVN 6907 0 375 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6908 0 375 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6909 0 375 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6910 0 375 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6911 0 375 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN STORAGE SHARPE AD AVCOM 6912 0 375 W0ZGAA HUGHES ACFT BAILMENT CULVER CITY AVCOM 7001 0 375 W0ZGAA HUGHES ACFT BAILMENT CULVER CITY AVCOM 7002 0 375 W0ZGAA HUGHES ACFT BAILMENT CULVER CITY AVCOM 7003 0 375 W0ZGAA HUGHES ACFT BAILMENT CULVER CITY AVCOM 7004 1 376 WHB1AA 166 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7005 55 431 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7006 42 473 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7007 79 552 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7008 43 595 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7009 21 616 WD8SAA D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7010 22 638 WD8SAA D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7011 5 643 WAZNC0 CTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN 7012 21 664 WAZNC0 CTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN 7101 32 696 WAZNC0 7 17 AC SQ C TP VIETNAM RVN 7102 26 722 WAZNC0 7 17 AC SQ C TP VIETNAM RVN 7103 7 729 WAZNC0 7 17 AC SQ C TP VIETNAM RVN 7104 9 738 WAZNC0 7 17 AC SQ C TP VIETNAM RVN 7105 64 802 WAZNC0 7 17 AC SQ C TP VIETNAM RVN 7106 23 825 WAZNC0 7 17 AC SQ C TP VIETNAM RVN 7107 16 841 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7108 65 906 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7109 69 975 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7110 24 999 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7111 20 1019 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7112 26 1045 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7201 50 1095 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7202 60 1155 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7203 75 1230 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7204 6 1236 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7205 26 1262 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7206 21 1283 WAZNC0 7 17 CAV C TRP VIETNAM RVN 7207 0 1283 WAZNC0 H TRP AIR 10 AR VIETNAM RVN 7208 0 1283 WC5CAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7209 0 1283 WC5CAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7210 0 1283 WC5CAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7211 0 1283 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7212 0 1283 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7301 0 1283 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7302 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN STORAGE SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7303 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN STORAGE SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7304 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7305 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN STORAGE SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7306 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7307 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7308 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7309 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7310 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7311 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7312 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7401 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7402 0 1283 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7403 3 1286 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS AWTG DISP SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7404 0 1286 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7405 0 1286 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 7406 0 1286 WPFFAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7410 0 1289 W8BW08 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7411 0 1289 W8BW08 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7412 0 1289 W8BW08 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7501 0 1289 W8BW08 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7502 0 1289 W8BW08 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7503 1 1290 W8BW08 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7504 2 1292 W8BW08 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7505 16 1308 WTU4D0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7506 17 1325 WTU4D0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7507 25 1350 WTU4D0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7508 9 1359 WTU4D0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7509 18 1377 WTU4D0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7510 7 1384 85TH DIV HHC 5TH ARMY CHICAGO RESV 7511 6 1390 WTU4D0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 7512 19 1409 WTU4D0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI
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