Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-23G tail number 62-03800
The Army purchased this helicopter 0463
Total flight hours at this point: 00000620
Date: 01/12/1967
Incident number: 670112121ACD Accident case number: 670112121 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 196 BDE
The station for this helicopter was Tay Ninh in South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 2 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 53963
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CPT VANREGENMORTER RONALD RA KIA
CE SSG SHEA THOMAS COLLINS KIA
Accident Summary:
Aircraft was on a test flight after replacing a transmission oil seal and #3 PE. On climb-out, a loud pop was heard and the aircraft pitched up, spiraled to the left and crashed. It burst into flames on impact. Analysis revealed a maintenace error - the pushrod nut which attaches the pushrod to the ballast arm was not torqued and safetied.
This record was last updated on 11/22/1998
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