Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed KC-130F Hercules |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
Registration: | 149802 |
MSN: | 3693 |
Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 71 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG) -
Hong Kong
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
Destination airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
Narrative:The Hercules was flying U.S. marines back to Vietnam after a rest and relaxation leave in Hong Kong. The airplane was bound for Da Nang Air Base and Saigon. Shortly after lifting off the runway, the airplane veered left, struck a sea wall and crashed into the water about 40 feet off an industrial suburb on Hong Kong Island.
The no. 1 engine was delivering only partial power during takeoff.
Sources:
Crash Kills 58 Servicemen (The Edwardsville Intelligencer Tuesday, August 24, 1965)
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Location
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