ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-60-DL (DC-3) B-827 Quang Ngai
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Date:Sunday 11 June 1967
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-60-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Air America
Registration: B-827
MSN: 13784
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Quang Ngai (   Vietnam)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Quang Ngai Airport (XNG), Vietnam
Narrative:
Shot down by small arms on final approach to Quang Ngai. The aircraft caught fire and burned out after making a safe emergency landing.

Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Forced landing on runway

Sources:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker


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