ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332550
| Date: | Saturday 18 September 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-0038 |
| MSN: | 3065 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Qui Nhon Airport (UIH) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
| Qui Nhon Airport (UIH/VVQN) |
The Hercules struck the water as it rolled out of a turn while on final approach to Qui Nhon. The crew were flying a VFR approach in low cloud conditions with rain.
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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