Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 APR 1965 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-0475 |
| C/n / msn: | 3182 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Korat AFB (Thailand)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Korat AFB (VTUN), Thailand |
| Korat AFB (VTUN), Thailand |
Crashed into mountain in poor weather following a go-around. The airplane was returning from a flare dropping mission.
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.
