Status: | |
Date: | Monday 6 September 1965 |
Type: | Douglas HC-47A |
Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 42-92916 |
MSN: | 12770 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Bien Hoa Air Base ( Vietnam)
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Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft was damaged beyond repair after catching fire on the taxiway at Bien Hoa.
Sources:
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Electric Goon : A History of the EC-47 - Part 1: Project Hawkeye / Joe Martin, 1998» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.