ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) XV-NIC Quang-Ngai
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Date:Thursday 16 September 1965
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Air Vietnam
Registration: XV-NIC
MSN: 20301
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36
Total:Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:11 km (6.9 mls) NE of Quang-Ngai (   Vietnam)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Quang Ngai Airport (XNG), Vietnam
Destination airport:Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam
Narrative:
Shot down by Communist ground fire. One passenger initially survived, but died in hospital.

Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Loss of control

Sources:
» Saskatoon Star-Phoenix - September 16, 1965


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Distance from Quang Ngai Airport to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 528 km (330 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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