Détails:
Weather was poor with a broken overcast at 2000 feet and 1500 m visibility. The C-123 was en route to Nha Trang Air Base when it struck trees on a ridge at an elevation of 4600 feet (1402 m), some 500 feet below the top. The wreckage was found nine days after the accident.
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 27 novembre 1970 |
| Heure: | 13:30 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Compagnie: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Immatriculation: | 55-4574 |
| Numéro de série: | 20235 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 6 / à bord: 6 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 73 / à bord: 73 |
| Total: | victimes: 79 / à bord: 79 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 25 km (15.6 milles) SW of Nha Trang Airport (NHA) ( Vietnam)
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| Élévation des lieux de l'accident: | 1402 m (4600 feet) amsl |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT), Vietnam |
Weather was poor with a broken overcast at 2000 feet and 1500 m visibility. The C-123 was en route to Nha Trang Air Base when it struck trees on a ridge at an elevation of 4600 feet (1402 m), some 500 feet below the top. The wreckage was found nine days after the accident.
Sources:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999» 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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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport et Nha Trang Airport est de 316 km (198 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport et Nha Trang Airport est de 316 km (198 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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