Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 OCT 1964 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-123B-14-FA Provider |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4549 |
| C/n / msn: | 20210 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Phumi Dak Dam (Cambodia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT), Vietnam |
| Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT), Vietnam |
The Provider transport plane operated on a mission to drop ammunition at an isolated Special Forces camp at Bu Prang near the Cambodian border. The airplane strayed into Cambodian airspace and was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery.
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Sources:
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
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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.
