ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331731
Date: | Sunday 20 October 1968 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47D |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 45-934 |
MSN: | 34196/16937 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 32 km S of Ban Me Thuot -
Vietnam
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
Destination airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
Narrative:A C-47 transport plane was flying military personnel from Saigon to Hong Kong with an en route stop at Da Nang. While flying near Ban Me Thuot the no. 2 engine failed. The crew were not able to feather the prop and attempted to reach Ban Me Thuot. The airplane struck terrain in poor weather.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Location
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