Accident de Havilland Canada RU-6A Beaver 53-3724,
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Date:Tuesday 24 November 1970
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada RU-6A Beaver
Owner/operator:United States Army Aviation
Registration: 53-3724
MSN: 681/1414
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:10 km SE of Can Tho AAR, SVN -   Vietnam
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Can Tho AAF
Destination airport:Can Tho AAF
Narrative:
156th AvCo; mid-air collision with SVAF Bell UH-1H 560. Considered a training mission to calibrate aircraft equipment

Sources:

http://www.armyaircrews.com/fixed.html
http://www.dhc-2.com/cn681.html
El Litoral 25 November 1970, p1

Personal experience - I was there and received the logbook

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
15-Jul-2011 14:00 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative]
11-Jan-2012 15:02 Uli Elch Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
04-Feb-2012 12:06 Anon. Updated [Operator, Source]
29-Jul-2013 19:04 TB Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2014 13:51 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source]
28-Apr-2015 08:33 TB Updated [Source]
29-Nov-2023 07:04 jatotter Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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