AIRCRAFT 589 HAD BEEN ON A SCOUT MISSION IN THE BRIGADE AREA OF OPERATION AND WAS WORKING ITS WAY BACK TO PHUOC VINH. THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, THE CREW CHIEF, OBSERVER AND PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT 80 FEET AGL AND 40 TO 50 KNOTS WHEN THE PILOT NOTED A "SLOPPINESS" IN THE CONTROLS. HE MONITORED HIS ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND SAW A RAPID DECREASE IN B2 AND TORQUE. THE PILOT BEGAN A LOW LEVEL AUTOROTATION BY APPLICATION OF AFT CYCLIC. THE ROTOR RPM BLED RAPIDLY DURING THE CLIMB AND THE PILOT QUICKLY FOUND A STREAM BED ABOUT 500 METERS WIDE IN WHICH TO LAND. HE THEN LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE AND BEGAN AN AUTOROTATION. THE PILOT PULLED INITIAL PITCH ABOUT SEVEN FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND HAD THE AIRCRAFT'S RATE OF DESCENT STOPPED AT THE WATER AND SETTLED IN ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF FEET OF WATER. THE LANDING WAS HARD AND ONE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES FLEXED DOWN AND BROKE THE SKIN OF THE TAIL BOOM. THE SKIN RIPPED COMPLETELY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLUNG OUT.\\
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16589
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00000500
Date: 04/01/70
Unit: 608 TC CO
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 4 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size.
The helicopter was hit in the Tail Section
Systems damaged were: STRUCTURE
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: LNNF, CRAFX, FM385 (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Crash Facts Message. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16589
The Army purchased this helicopter 0169
Total flight hours at this point: 00001120
Date: 10/28/72
Unit: C/16 CAV
UTM grid coordinates: WS653001
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
This record was last updated on 10/30/98
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16589
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 1 1 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6903 54 55 WAGGAA HHC2BDE 1CAVDIV VIETNAM RVN 6904 138 193 WAGGAA HHC2BDE 1CAVDIV VIETNAM RVN 6905 68 261 WAGGAA HHC2BDE 1CAVDIV VIETNAM RVN 6906 71 332 WAGGAA HHC2BDE 1CAVDIV VIETNAM RVN 6907 87 419 WAAGGA HHC2BDE 1CAVDIV VIETNAM RVN 6908 14 433 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 6909 0 433 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 6910 0 433 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 6911 0 433 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 6912 0 433 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 7001 4 437 WCLSAA 388 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7002 0 437 WCLSAA 388 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7003 63 500 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7004 0 500 WC5EAA 608 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7005 0 500 WC5EAA 608 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7006 0 500 WC5EAA 608 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7007 28 528 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7008 21 549 WADPD0 D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7009 0 549 WD8SAA D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7010 0 549 WD8SAA D TRP 211 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7011 0 549 WAZNB0 BTRP 7SQ 17CAV VIETNAM RVN 7012 0 549 WC5EAA 608 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7101 0 549 WC5EAA 608 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 7102 0 549 WC5EAA 608 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 7103 0 549 W0MHAA DIR FOR MAINT 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVSCOM 7104 0 549 W0MHAA DIR FOR MAINT 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVSCOM 7105 0 549 W0MHAA DIR FOR MAINT 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVSCOM 7106 0 549 W0MHAA DIR FOR MAINT 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVSCOM 7107 1 550 W0MHAA LEXINGTON DEPOT 1ST ARMY LEXINGTON DEPOT AMC 7108 0 550 W0MHAA LEXINGTON DEPOT 1ST ARMY LEXINGTON DEPOT AMC 7109 0 550 W0MHAA LEXINGTON DEPOT 1ST ARMY LEXINGTON DEPOT AMC 7110 1 551 WGJSAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7111 75 626 WGJSAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7112 108 734 WGJSAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7201 52 786 WH0JAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7202 78 864 WH0JAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7203 29 893 WH0JAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7204 49 942 WH0JAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7205 43 985 WH0JAA 388 TC CO VIETNAM RVN 7206 37 1022 WH0JAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7207 20 1042 WH0JAA 16 CAV H TP VIETNAM RVN 7208 32 1074 WHZMAA C TRP 16TH ACV VIETNAM RVN 7209 0 1074 WHZMAA C TRP 16TH ACV VIETNAM RVN 7210 46 1120 WHZMAA C TRP 16TH ACV VIETNAM RVN
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