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
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.

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

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