ASN Aircraft accident Douglas RC-47P 43-49679 Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN)
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Date:Saturday 18 February 1967
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas RC-47P
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 43-49679
MSN: 26940/15495
First flight: 1945
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) (   Vietnam)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
The airplane was damaged beyond repair when it was struck by a China Airlines Curtiss C-46. The C-46 had just landed but swerved off the runway due to a brake failure.

Classification:
Ground collision
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» 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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