ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333345
| Date: | Friday 20 April 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-17-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4368 |
| MSN: | 20252 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hipp Khanh -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
| Dong Ha Air Base |
The C-123 landed in error at the small Hipp Khanh airstrip near the DMZ. The pilot mistook people on the ground for hostiles and attempted to takeoff. The airstrip was too short and the airplane force landed.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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