Date:	Friday 27 November 1970
Time:	13:30
Type:	Fairchild C-123K Provider
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	55-4574
MSN:	20235
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 79 / Occupants: 79
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	25 km SW of Nha Trang Airport (NHA) -   Vietnam
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS)
Destination airport:	Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT)

Narrative:
Weather was poor with a broken overcast at 2000 feet and 1500 m visibility. The C-123 was en route to Nha Trang Air Base when it struck trees on a ridge at an elevation of 4600 feet (1402 m), some 500 feet below the top. The wreckage was found nine days after the accident.

Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson

photo (c) United States Air Force; 25 km SW of Nha Trang Airport; 27 November 1970; (publicdomain)

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