Narrative:
The airplane was damaged beyond repair when it was struck by a China Airlines Curtiss C-46. The C-46 had just landed but swerved off the runway due to a brake failure.
Damaged on the ground
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 18 February 1967 |
| Type: |  Douglas RC-47P |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49679 |
| MSN: | 26940/15495 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) ( Vietnam)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The airplane was damaged beyond repair when it was struck by a China Airlines Curtiss C-46. The C-46 had just landed but swerved off the runway due to a brake failure.
Classification:
Ground collisionDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde» 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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