Date: | Friday 27 November 1970 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 55-4574 |
MSN: | 20235 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 79 / Occupants: 79 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 25 km SW of Nha Trang Airport (NHA) -
Vietnam
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
Destination airport: | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
Narrative:Weather was poor with a broken overcast at 2000 feet and 1500 m visibility. The C-123 was en route to Nha Trang Air Base when it struck trees on a ridge at an elevation of 4600 feet (1402 m), some 500 feet below the top. The wreckage was found nine days after the accident.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Location
Images:
photo (c) United States Air Force; 25 km SW of Nha Trang Airport; 27 November 1970; (publicdomain)
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