ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332477
| Date: | Monday 20 December 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-1843 |
| MSN: | 3806 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 km S of Tuy Hoa (TBB) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
| Tuy Hoa Airport (TBB/VVTH) |
A Lockheed C-130E Hercules transport plane, serial 62-1843, was destroyed when it crashed while on approach to Tuy Hoa Airport (TBB), Vietnam. All five crew members were killed.
The airplane was flying 13 tons of aviation fuel from Nha Trang (NHA) to Tuy Hoa. It flew into high ground in low cloud-conditions. It has also been suggested that it may have been hit by ground fire.
Sources:
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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