Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 AUG 1972 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | ST-2 |
| C/n / msn: | 20124 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Pleiku (Vietnam)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Pleiku Airport (PXU/VVPK), Vietnam |
Crashed.
Sources:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Pleiku Airport as the crow flies is 382 km (239 miles).
Distance from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Pleiku Airport as the crow flies is 382 km (239 miles).
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.
