ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332220
Date: | Tuesday 31 January 1967 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild UC-123B-6-FA Provider |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 54-611 |
MSN: | 20060 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | 24 km W of Sepone -
Laos
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
Destination airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
Narrative:The Provider rolled inverted, crashed and caught fire while operating on a defoliation mission in a shallow valley in Laos.
The airplane was probably struck by ground fire as the fourth aircraft of the formation was hit by a bullet, causing the failure of one engine.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Revision history:
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