Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 FEB 1982 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-123J Provider |
| Operator: | Republic of Korea Air Force - ROKAF |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | 20275 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 53 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Jeju (Cheju) International Airport (CJU) (South Korea)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Jeju (Cheju) International Airport (CJU/RKPC), South Korea |
Crashed 2.3 miles North of Hallasan Volano while on approach to land in poor weather.
Events:
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Feb 7, 1982
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
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