| Date: | Saturday 8 April 1967 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46 Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Republic of Korea Air Force - ROKAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 44 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Seoul-Yeouido Air Base -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Seoul-Yeouido Air Base |
| Daegu (Taegu) International Airport (TAE/RKTN) |
A Curtiss C-46 transport plane of the Republic of Korea Air Force's 5th Air Transport Squadron was destroyed in an accident near Seoul-Yeouido Air Base, South Korea. All fifteen on board the plane and 44 people on the ground were killed.
The airplane took off in drizzle and suffered no. 2 engine problems. It struck a building, about five minutes after takeoff and crashed in a populated area. A fire erupted, destroying several wooden houses.
Sources:
The Times Record 8-4-1967
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