ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed EC-121K Super Constellation 145927 Da Nang Airport (DAD)
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Date:Monday 16 March 1970
Type:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed EC-121K Super Constellation
Operator:United States Navy
Registration: 145927
MSN: 5508
First flight: 1958
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 28
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Da Nang Airport (DAD) (   Vietnam)
Crash site elevation: 10 m (33 feet) amsl
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tainan Airport (TNN/RCNN), Taiwan
Destination airport:Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN), Vietnam
Narrative:
The Fleet Airborne Reconnaissance Sqdn One (VQ-1) EC-121K crashed while landing with the no. 3 engine out/feathered while returning from Tainan.
The aircraft stalled, crashed and cartwheeled into a USAF hangar area of airfield and broke into three pieces: cockpit and fuselage forward of the wing slid into revetment wall and burned; center section crashed upside down into a street and burned; the tail section landed on a softball field. One man (tail section) walked away unscathed, the four other survivors (center section) were gravely injured.

Classification:
Loss of control

Sources:
» The Willy Victor Roster
» 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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photo of Lockheed-EC-121K-Super-Constellation-145927
accident date: 16-03-1970
type: Lockheed EC-121K Super Constellation
registration: 145927
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tainan Airport to Da Nang Airport as the crow flies is 1464 km (915 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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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