Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17194
The Army purchased this helicopter 0569
Total flight hours at this point: 00000637
Date: 04/24/1970
Incident number: 70042424.KIA
Unit: B/4 AVN 4 INF
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0200 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 15 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, ENGINE, COMM SYS, MAIN ROTOR SYS
Casualties = 01 WIA, 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
AN KHE recovered the helicopter.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: CASRP (Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
OB SP4 MCCONNAGHY WILLIAM P KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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