Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16312
The Army purchased this helicopter 0968
Total flight hours at this point: 00000964
Date: 09/11/1969
Incident number: 69091111.KIA
Unit: D/1/4 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0100 feet and 090 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT491623 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXT491623)
Helicopter took 3 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 Main Rotor Blade System
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS, PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 INJ . .
The helicopter Crashed. 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, CASRP, HUGHS, CRAFX (Operations
Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts
Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P W JONES
OB SSG POTTER JAMES RALPH KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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