Helicopter OH-6A 67-16161


Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16161
The Army purchased this helicopter 0768
Total flight hours at this point: 00001534
Date: 01/19/1971
Incident number: 71011999.KIA
Unit: C/2/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD313102 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYD313102)
Helicopter took 1 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 Cockpit
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any 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, CASRP, FM385 (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )

Crew Members:
P CPT LATIMER WILBUR DALE KIA

This record was last updated on 05/25/1998


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