Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16121
The Army purchased this helicopter 0668
Total flight hours at this point: 00002176
Date: 07/28/1970
Incident number: 700728161ACD Accident case number: 700728161 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: E/82 ARTY 1 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Phuoc Binh in
Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 1
costing 50152
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P W1 RC DURHAM
Passengers and/or other participants:
CPT PASCARELLA FRANK MARIO, AR , PAX, KIA
Accident Summary:
AIRCRAFT HAD REPOSITIONED TO PICK UP CPT PASCARELLA. HIS BACK WAS TO THE AIRCRAFT AS HE PICKED UP HIS BAGS. PILOT HEARD A THUMP AND THEN SAW CPT PASCRRLLA'S BODY. HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.\\
This record was last updated on 03/18/2003
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