Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17310
The Army purchased this helicopter 1069
Total flight hours at this point: 00000029
Date: 01/26/1970
Unit: D/1/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0050 feet and 050 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 7 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 Left Side causing Spalling.
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS, COMM SYS, STRUCTURE
The helicopter Continued Flight. Aircraft is later recovered by any means other than its own power.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Ultimate forced landing
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNNF, SIF,
00608, BDART, JSIDR, HUGHS (Incidents converted from the fixed-wing data base. Lindenmuth New
Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Battle Damage Assessment and Reporting
Team Report. )
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17310
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 1069.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 196910 0 0 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 196911 13 13 WACYAA D TRP 1ACD 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 196912 0 13 WACYAA D TRP 1ACD 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 197001 16 29 WACYD0 D 111 CV AMD VIETNAM RVN 197002 0 29 WE4HAA 142 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 197003 0 29 WE4HAA 142 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 197004 14 43 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197005 53 96 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197006 37 133 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197007 65 198 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197008 57 255 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197009 83 338 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197010 40 378 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197011 58 436 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197012 28 464 WFJ6AA 163 GS CO 101AC VIETNAM RVN 197101 22 486 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197102 4 490 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197103 64 554 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197104 22 576 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197105 47 623 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197106 36 659 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197107 69 728 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197108 77 805 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197109 48 853 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197110 32 885 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197111 53 938 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197112 16 954 WFJ6AA 163RD CS CO VIETNAM RVN 197201 0 954 WHB1AA 166 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 197202 0 954 WHB1AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 197203 0 954 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 197204 0 954 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 197205 0 954 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 197206 0 954 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVSCOM 197207 0 954 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 197208 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197209 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197210 0 954 W0MHAA FLYING CLUB LOAN WEST POINT LOAN 197211 0 954 W0MHAA FLYING CLUB LOAN WEST POINT LOAN 197212 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197301 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197302 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN STORAGE SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197303 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN STORAGE SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197304 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197305 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN STORAGE SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197306 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197307 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197308 0 954 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197309 3 957 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197310 0 957 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197311 0 957 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197312 0 957 W0MHAA DIR DIST TRANS IN MAINT SHARPE AD AVSCOM 197401 2 959 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197402 4 963 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197403 5 968 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197404 5 973 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197405 11 984 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197406 17 1001 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197410 0 1011 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197411 0 1011 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197412 0 1011 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197501 0 1011 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197502 0 1011 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197503 1 1012 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197504 11 1023 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197505 6 1029 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197506 0 1029 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197507 0 1029 WPFAA0 NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197508 17 1046 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197509 14 1060 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197510 3 1063 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197511 0 1063 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI 197512 0 1063 WPFJAA NAT GUARD NAT GDZI
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