ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331868
| Date: | Tuesday 16 April 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-0480 |
| MSN: | 3088 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 80 km N of Bien Hoa -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-130A Hercules landed heavy at Bunard Airstrip. The crew's vision was obscured by dust blown up by the rotor downwash of an army helicopter.
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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