ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332464
Date: | Thursday 6 January 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 61-0972 |
MSN: | 3669 |
Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
Engine model: | Allison T56-A-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | ca 5 km E of Pleiku Airport (PXU) -
Vietnam
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
Destination airport: | Pleiku Airport (PXU/VVPK) |
Narrative:A Lockheed C-130B Hercules transport plane, serial 61-0972, was destroyed when it crashed while on approach to Pleiku Airport (PXU), Vietnam. All five crew members were killed.
The airplane was operating on a dawn resupply mission carrying 30,000 pounds of bomb detonators. The crew were flying a straight-in approach when it was hit by ground fire at an altitude of approx. 1200 feet some 3 to 4 miles from the airport.
Sources:
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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