Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 MAR 1966 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 61-0953 |
| C/n / msn: | 3630 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Pleiku Airport (PXU) (Vietnam) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Pleiku Airport (PXU/VVPK), Vietnam |
Crashed short at night.
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.
