Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 66-07879
The Army purchased this helicopter 1267
Total flight hours at this point: 00001598
Date: 02/15/1970
Incident number: 70021515.KIA
Unit: 11 GS 1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YS260798 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PYS260798)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section causing a Fire.
Systems damaged were: FUEL SYS, PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 INJ, 01 KIA . .
The helicopter was parked. 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, JSIDR, CRAFX, CASRP, FM385 (Operations
Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts
Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
G SP4 PARRISH CONNIE WAYNE KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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