Détails:
The Provider was descending through a cloud cover over mountainous terrain. Low ceiling forced the crew to climb but the airplane flew into a wooded hillside. All four crew members survived with minor injuries and were rescued three days later by helicopter.
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | dimanche 15 juillet 1962 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Fairchild C-123B-17-FA Provider |
| Compagnie: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Immatriculation: | 56-4366 |
| Numéro de série: | 20250 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 24 km (15 milles) S of Ban Me Thuot ( Vietnam)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport (BMV/VVBM), Vietnam |
The Provider was descending through a cloud cover over mountainous terrain. Low ceiling forced the crew to climb but the airplane flew into a wooded hillside. All four crew members survived with minor injuries and were rescued three days later by helicopter.
Sources:
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport et Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport est de 259 km (162 miles).
La distance entre Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport et Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport est de 259 km (162 miles).
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