Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 66-07938
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point: 00001529
Date: 05/30/70
Unit: 79 TC CO
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 2000 feet and 100 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: N/R
The armor protecting the personnel was effective.
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNNF, JSIDR,
HUGHS (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 66-07938
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point: 00001779
Date: 11/28/71
Unit: B/7/17 CAV
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XD921231
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 66-07938
It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter
and is not intended to be the final authority.
This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0268.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6802 0 0 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6803 0 0 3300 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY 6804 27 27 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6805 35 62 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6806 43 105 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6807 59 164 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6808 39 203 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6809 63 266 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6810 47 313 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6811 52 365 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6812 56 421 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6901 75 496 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6902 35 531 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6903 24 555 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6904 71 626 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6905 125 751 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6906 26 777 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6907 107 884 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6908 72 956 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6909 113 1069 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6910 36 1105 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6911 0 1105 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 6912 55 1160 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 7001 70 1230 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 7002 110 1340 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 7003 61 1401 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 7004 79 1480 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE VIETNAM RVN 7005 49 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7006 0 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7007 0 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7008 0 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7009 0 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7010 0 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7011 0 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7012 0 1529 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7101 3 1532 WCLNAA 79 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7102 15 1547 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7103 13 1560 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7104 9 1569 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7105 66 1635 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7106 20 1655 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7107 22 1677 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7108 16 1693 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7109 26 1719 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7110 60 1779 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN 7111 0 1779 WAZNB0 7 17 AC SQ B TP VIETNAM RVN
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