Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-13S tail number 63-09220
The Army purchased this helicopter 0864
Total flight hours at this point: 00000856
Date: 11/24/1966
Incident number: H401ACD Accident case number: H401
Unit: A/1/9 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0050 feet and 040 knots.
South Vietnam
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
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 causing a Fire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 1 WIA, 01 DOI . . Number killed in accident = 1 . . Injured = 1 . . Passengers = 0
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
costing 55640
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.
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF,
FM48, CRAFX, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Crash Facts
Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P WR DILBECK
G SGT ANDERSON RONNIE COLEMAN KIA
Accident Summary:
ACFT ON RECON REC HVY AUTO WEAP FIRE CRASHED & BURNED PLT & OBS HIT
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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