| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | martes 25 enero 1966 |
| Tipo: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registración: | 54-702 |
| Numéro de série: | 20151 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 42 / Ocupantes: 42 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 46 / Ocupantes: 46 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 9 km (5.6 milles) E of An Khe ( Vietnam)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | An Khe Air Base, Vietnam |
| Bong Son Landing Zone, Vietnam |
The C-123 transport plane carried 42 U.S. Army troops and a load of ammunition and grenades. It was raining and the cloud ceiling was at just 300 feet when the transport plane took off from An Khe, Vietnam. Shortly after takeoff the airplane flew into a hillside. Reportedly the airplane hade suffered a no. 2 engine fire just prior to impacting the hillside.
Fuentes:
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris HobsonFotos
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Fairchild C-123
- 302 built
- 34th loss
- 18th accidente fatal
- 2nd worst accident (a la hora)
- 6th worst accident (actualmente)
Vietnam- 2nd worst accident (a la hora)
- 11th worst accident (actualmente)
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