Accident Lockheed C-130B Hercules 61-2649,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332027
 

Date:Sunday 8 October 1967
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed C-130B Hercules
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 61-2649
MSN: 3692
Year of manufacture:1962
Engine model:Allison T56-A-7
Fatalities:Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:24 km SE of Hue-Phu Bai Airport (HUI) -   Vietnam
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Hue-Phu Bai Airport (HUI/VVPB)
Destination airport:Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN)
Narrative:
Crashed into a cloud-covered mountain in poor weather. The wreckage was found two days later about 150 feet below the summit of the 1850 feet high mountain.

Sources:

C130 Crash Kills 23 (Lincoln Evening Journal October 10, 1967)
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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