If you want to survive a crash the best option is the Loach.
Best story I ever heard was a Loach driver calling his Cobra team to get here quick because he's got guys running into a barn type structure. Becoming sick and tired of waiting on the Cobras he found the doors on the barn were large enough for him to take a look around inside, Cobras arrive to find no Loach in sight and promply busted the barn. Loach driver and crew mate then seen hobbling out of the barn.
Had two Loaches give me protection during a single ship extraction, was amazed on the climb out to see one on each side keeping formation while flying backwards and brassing up the extraction point with the mini guns, a quick pedal turn at some point at some forgotten speed and there they stayed. A Hoi Chanh told us the most feared helo was the Loach as they were not unknown to stick the mini gun barrel into the firing point of the VC hide out.
