Narrative:
Crashed when hit by heavy ground fire from neutralist anti-aircraft gun. A fire erupted in the cockpit, the right engine and the right wing.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 27 November 1962 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-16-FA Provider |
| Operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | N5004X |
| MSN: | 20233 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 5,6 km (3.5 mls) SW of Xieng Khouang ( Laos)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT), Laos |
| Xieng Khouang Airport (XKH/VLXK), Laos |
Crashed when hit by heavy ground fire from neutralist anti-aircraft gun. A fire erupted in the cockpit, the right engine and the right wing.
Sources:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. LeekerPhotos
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Distance from Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Xieng Khouang Airport as the crow flies is 173 km (108 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Xieng Khouang Airport as the crow flies is 173 km (108 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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