THE AUTOROTATIONS WERE ENTERED FROM 700' AGL, HEADING 040 AND WITH AN IAS OF 60 KNOTS. AT APPROXIMATELY 350' THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT GOT ON THE CONTROLS WITH THE PILOT AND STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE A PRECISION AUTOROTATION WITH A TOUCHDOWN STAYING AT THE CONTROLS OR TO FOLLOW HIM THROUGH. AS HE STARTED EXPLAINING THE PROCEDURE HE PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A DECELERATION ATTITUDE AND DECREASED THE AIRSPEED. AFTER THE AIRSPEED HAD FALLEN OFF AND THE DESIRED APPROACH ANGLE WAS GAINED THE INF AND THE DESIRED APPROACH ANGLE WAS GAINED THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WENT TO A 60 KNOT ATTITUDE TO REGAIN HIS AIRSPEED PRIOR TO FINAL FLARE. DURING THIS MANEUVER THE INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT SAID THE RPM APPEARED LOW BUT THAT THE APPROACH WAS CONTINUED DUE TO THE RPM REMAINING WITHIN THE OPERATING ARCH. DURING THIS MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO BUILD UP AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE, AT THE FINAL FLARE THE INITIAL PITCH PULL WAS BY THE PILOT BUT DUE TO THE HIGH RATE OF DESCENT THE INSTRUCTOR CONTINUED TO PULL ALL THE REMAINING PITCH IN ORDER TO PREVENT A HARD LANDING. THE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND WAS SMOOTH AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 1 AIRCRAFT LENGTH PRIOR TO STOPPING ALL FORWARD MOTION. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST A PIECE OF METAL WAS SEEN FLYING BY THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS TIME THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE PILOT WERE ATTEMPTING TO SHUT THE THROTTLE OFF, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FINALLY SHUT OFF BY THE EMERGENCY FUEL SWITCH BEING PULLED BY THE PILOT.\\
Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16030
The Army purchased this helicopter 0568
Total flight hours at this point: 00000829
Date: 05/19/70
Unit: HHC/158 AVN 101 ABN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0050 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 Engine Compartment
Systems damaged were: ENGINE, MAIN ROTOR SYS, STRUCTURE
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, JSIDR
(Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services
Incident Damage Report. )
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16030
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 0568.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
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