ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332457
| Date: | Thursday 13 January 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-12-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4519 |
| MSN: | 20180 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | An Khe -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed following midair collision with Douglas A-1E Skyraider (52-133989) at night while acting as flareship for the Skyraider which was attacking Vietcong positions. All six on board the Provider and the Skyraider pilot were killed in the accident.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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