Date: | Tuesday 27 May 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 56-0472 |
MSN: | 3080 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Katum -
Vietnam
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Katum |
Narrative:The C-130 transport plane was hit by ground fire while on approach to Katum. The airplane was carrying a load of construction equipment. A fuel tank on the starboard side was hit. Streaming fuel was sucked into the engines when the pilot applied reverse pitch on landing. A violent fire erupted, but the crew members evacuated safely.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Images:
photo (c) James E Motes; Katum; 28 May 1969
photo (c) James E Motes; Katum; 28 May 1969
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