Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 DEC 1967 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130E-I Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 64-0547 |
| C/n / msn: | 4040 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 53 km (33.1 mls) NE of Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT), Vietnam |
| Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT), Vietnam |
The aircraft was on a leaflet dropping mission when it impacted a steep 60-degree slope of a north-northwest facing crescent shaped mountain at an elevation of 4780 ft.
Sources:
» The Last Mission of Combat Talon’s S-01 Crew / by Colonel John Gargus, USAF (Ret.)
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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.
