Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 MAY 1964 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada CV-2B Caribou |
| Operator: | United States Army |
| Registration: | 61-2593 |
| C/n / msn: | 71 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tan Hiep (Vietnam) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tan Hiep AB, Vietnam |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
Crashed in a rice paddy shortly after takeoff.
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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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