Helicopter OH-58A 68-16942

Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16942
The Army purchased this helicopter 0470
Total flight hours at this point: 00000088
Date: 06/26/70
Unit: 173 ABN
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 0075 feet and 040 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
(SECONDARY EXPL)
The helicopter was hit in the Main Rotor Blade System
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
LZ ENGLISH recovered the helicopter.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNNF, JSIDR, DYNAL, CRAFX (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts Message. )

The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16942
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 0470.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.

DATE  FLT HRS    UIC      UNIT          AREA          POST          COUNTRY
7004   0    0 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS      ITR CONUS                   AVCOMITR
7005   9    9 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7006  79   88 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7007   0   88 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7008  64  152 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7009  62  214 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7010   0  214 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7011 113  327 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7012  19  346 WARJAA HQ 173AIRBN BDE  VIETNAM                     RVN     
7101  52  398 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7102  99  497 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7103  63  560 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7104  33  593 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7105 111  704 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7106 108  812 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7107  87  899 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7108   0  899 WARJAA 173 ABN BDE      VIETNAM                     RVN     
7109   0  899 W0Y6AA AVSCOM FLT DET   5TH ARMY   ST LOUIS         AVSCOM  
7110   0  899 W0Y6AA BEL HEL          BAILMENT   FT WORTH         AVSCOM  
7111   7  906 W0Y6AA BEL HEL          BAILMENT   FT WORTH         AVSCOM  
7112   0  906 W0Y6AA ARADMAC          IN MAINT   NAVAL AIR STN    AVSCOM  
7201   4  910 WARJAA 173 AVN BDE      3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7202   1  911 WARJAA 3 BDE 101 ABN    3RD ARMY   FT CAMPBELL      3RD ARMY
7203   1  912 WARJAA 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7204   2  914 WARJAA 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7205   0  914 WARJAA 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7206   0  914 WARJAA 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7207   0  914 WARJAA 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7208   2  916 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7209   0  916 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7210   5  921 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7211   0  921 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7212   0  921 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7301   5  926 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7302   0  926 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7303  15  941 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7304  21  962 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7305   0  962 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7306  18  980 WAB1FF 101ST ABN        3RD ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    3RD ARMY
7307  25 1005 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7308  17 1022 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7309  10 1032 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7310  32 1064 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7311   3 1067 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7312   0 1067 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7401   3 1070 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7402  32 1102 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7403  14 1116 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7404   0 1116 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7405  20 1136 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7406  12 1148 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7410  14 1245 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7411  10 1255 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7412  43 1298 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7501   2 1300 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7502  10 1310 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7503  15 1325 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7504   0 1325 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV    1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7505   0 1325 W0U422 INST MAINT FLT   1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7506   0 1325 W0U422 INST MAINT FLT   1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7507   0 1325 W0U422 INST MAINT FLT   1ST ARMY   FORT CAMPBELL    FORSCOM 
7508   0 1325 W0MAAA DIR OF SUPPLY    AWTG DISP  NEW CUMBRLND AD  AVSCOM  
7509   6 1331 W0MAAA DIR OF SUPPLY    AWTG DISP  NEW CUMBRLND AD  AVSCOM  
7510   4 1335 W0MAAA DIR OF SUPPLY    AWTG DISP  NEW CUMBRLND AD  AVSCOM  
7511   0 1335 W0MAAA DIR OF SUPPLY    AWTG DISP  NEW CUMBRLND AD  AVSCOM  
7512   3 1338 W0MY04 SUPPLY DIV       6TH ARMY   FORT ORD         FORSCOM

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