Helicopter OH-6A 67-16144


Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16144
The Army purchased this helicopter 0668
Total flight hours at this point: 00000878
Date: 02/12/1970
Incident number: 700212201ACD Accident case number: 700212201 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 2 BDE 1 CAV
The station for this helicopter was Phu Loi in South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT857256 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXT857256)
Number killed in accident = 3 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 1
costing 255769
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 WO1 TAYLOR RAYMOND RALPH JR KIA
CE SP4 HARDT ROSS ERLE INJ

Passengers and/or other participants:
SP4 GOSCHKA LARRY HERMAN, AR, PX, KIA


Accident Summary:

 AIRCRAFT ^144^ HAD CALLED OFF PHUOC VINH ENROUTE TO PHY LOI AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 HOURS ON 12 FEBRUARY 1970. THIS WAS THE LAST KNOWN RADIO CONTACT WITH 144. AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 HOURS, 12 FEBRUARY 1970, THE OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE 2D BRIGADE AVIATION PLATOON RECEIVED A CALL NOTIFYING HIM THAT ONE OF HIS AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED ALONG A ROAD APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES NORTH OF PHU LOI, RVN. PERSONNEL FROM THE AVIATION PLATOON SCRAMBLED AND FLEW TO THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THEY CONFIRMED THE FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS, IN FACT, ASSIGNED TO THEIR UNIT. BY THE TIME THEY REACHED THE WRECKAGE THE THREE CREWMEMBERS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY CONSUMED BY FIRE.\\

This record was last updated on 09/20/1998


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