Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 DEC 1971 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | 293 |
| C/n / msn: | 20303 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 81 km (50.6 mls) W of Luang Prabang (Laos) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Ban Xieng Lom Airstrip, Laos |
Believed shot down while on a Peppergrinder flight, carrying a full load of ammo and white phosphorus.
Sources:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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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.
