Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16976
The Army purchased this helicopter 0470
Total flight hours at this point: 00000649
Date: 04/15/71
Unit: D/3/5 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at 0050 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 7 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 WIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any 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 (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16976
The Army purchased this helicopter 0470
Total flight hours at this point: 00000700
Date: 05/11/71
Unit: 142 TC CO
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at 0050 feet and 050 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 4 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any 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 (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16976
The Army purchased this helicopter 0470
Total flight hours at this point: 00000700
Date: 05/20/71
Unit: 142 TC CO
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at 0050 feet and 050 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)
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 (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16976
The Army purchased this helicopter 0470
Total flight hours at this point: 00000700
Date: 05/21/71
Unit: 142 TC CO
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Unknown at 0050 feet and 050 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 made a Forced Landing. Aircraft was capable of one time flight.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some 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 (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. )
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16976
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 0 0 WHB1AA 166 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7006 108 108 WFBDAA 199 LT INF BDE VIETNAM RVN 7007 167 275 WFBDAA 199 LT INF BDE VIETNAM RVN 7008 118 393 WFBDAA 199 LT INF BDE VIETNAM RVN 7009 73 466 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 7010 11 477 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 7011 0 477 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 7012 0 477 WCLMAA 56 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 7101 0 477 WCLMAA 56 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 7102 5 482 WCLMAA 56 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 7103 78 560 WDF2D0 D TRP 3 5 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7104 89 649 WDF2D0 D TRP 3 5 CAV VIETNAM RVN 7105 51 700 WE4HAA 142 TC DS VIETNAM RVN 7106 0 700 WE4HAA 173 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7107 0 700 WE4HAA 3 5 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 7108 0 700 WE4HAA 3 5 CAV D TRP VIETNAM RVN 7109 0 700 W0Y6AA AVSCOM FLT DET 5TH ARMY ST LOUIS AVSCOM 7110 0 700 W0Y6AA BEL HEL BAILMENT FT WORTH AVSCOM 7111 0 700 W0Y6AA BEL HEL BAILMENT FT WORTH AVSCOM 7112 22 722 W0Y6AA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7201 0 722 WARJAA 173 AVN BDE 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7202 1 723 WARJAA 3 BDE 101 ABN 3RD ARMY FT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7203 17 740 WARJAA 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7204 30 770 WARJAA 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7205 27 797 WARJAA 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7206 10 807 WARJAA 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7207 7 814 WARJAA 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7208 1 815 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7209 11 826 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7210 11 837 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7211 0 837 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7212 3 840 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7301 2 842 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7302 0 842 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7303 3 845 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7304 1 846 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7305 9 855 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7306 16 871 WAB1FF 101ST ABN 3RD ARMY FORT CAMPBELL 3RD ARMY 7307 2 873 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7308 8 881 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7309 3 884 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7310 3 887 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7311 12 899 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7312 0 899 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7401 0 899 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7402 8 907 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7403 0 907 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7404 0 907 WAB1FF 101ST ABN DIV 1ST ARMY FORT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7405 0 907 W0MUAA INST MAINT FLT 1ST ARMY FT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7406 0 907 W0MUAA INST MAINT FLT 1ST ARMY FT CAMPBELL FORSCOM 7410 0 907 W0MUAA US ARMY DEPOT IN MAINT CORPUS CHRISTI AVSCOM 7411 0 907 W0MUAA US ARMY DEPOT IN MAINT CORPUS CHRISTI AVSCOM 7412 0 907 W0MUAA US ARMY DEPOT IN MAINT CORPUS CHRISTI AVSCOM 7501 0 907 W0MUAA US ARMY DEPOT AWTG DISP CORPUS CHRISTI AVSCOM 7502 1 908 W0MUAA DIR OF SUPPLY IN TRANSIT CORPUS CH AD AVSCOM 7503 0 908 W0MUAA DIR OF SUPPLY IN MAINT CORPUS CH AD AVSCOM 7504 1 909 W0VC4M SUPPLY DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7505 11 920 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7506 14 934 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7507 17 951 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7508 10 961 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7509 16 977 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7510 3 980 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7511 10 990 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM 7512 19 1009 WADQAA 2ND ARMD DIV 5TH ARMY FORT HOOD FORSCOM
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