Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 69-16020
The Army purchased this helicopter 0570
Total flight hours at this point: 00000387
Date: 02/13/1971
Accident case number: 710213081
Unit: D/1/1 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Chu Lai in
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 1340
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P W1 ELDON LD
Accident Summary:
WHILEON VR ON THE DAK ROSE TRAIL, PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW A SHARP TURN IN TRAIL, A TREE 20 FT HIGHER THAN SURROUNDING TREES WAS HIT BY THE AIRCRAFT. DUE TO THE HIGHPOWERE STTING REQUIRE TO FOLLOW THE TRAIL. THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID STRIKING THE TREE.\\
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 69-16020
The Army purchased this helicopter 0570
Total flight hours at this point: 00000623
Date: 06/13/1971
Unit: D/1/1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at 0020 feet and 020 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)
Systems damaged were: ELECTRICAL 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. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 69-16020
The Army purchased this helicopter 0570
Total flight hours at this point: 00000839
Date: 09/16/1971
Unit: D/1/1 CAV
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: AT999394
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
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 69-16020
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 0570.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 197005 0 0 W0ZGAA HUGHES ACFT BAILMENT CULVER CITY AVCOM 197006 0 0 W0ZGAA HUGHES ACFT BAILMENT CULVER CITY AVCOM 197007 1 1 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 197008 1 2 WC5GAA 610 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 197009 0 2 WC5GAA 610 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 197010 2 4 WC5GAA 610 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 197011 13 17 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD VIETNAM RVN 197012 158 175 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD VIETNAM RVN 197101 111 286 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197102 101 387 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197103 64 451 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197104 96 547 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197105 35 582 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197106 41 623 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197107 108 731 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197108 108 839 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 197109 0 839 WACYD0 1 1 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN
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