Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 65-12986
The Army purchased this helicopter 0767
Total flight hours at this point: 00000670
Date: 12/04/1970
Incident number: 70120404.KIA
Unit: B/1/9 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While On Target this helicopter was Attacking at 0040 feet and 020 knots.
South Vietnam
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 Left Side
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, STRUCTURE
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft took off, fully flight capable.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Aircraft repaired on the spot with tools and parts on hand
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNNF, JSIDR,
CASRP, FM385 (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report.
Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
OB SP4 WILLIAMS ROBERT A JR KIA
This record was last updated on 03/08/2024
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