Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 08 OKT 1967 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 61-2649 |
| Werknummer: | 3692 |
| Baujahr: | 1962 |
| Triebwerk: | 4 Allison T56-A-7 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 18 / Insassen: 18 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 23 / Insassen: 23 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 24 km (15 Meilen) SE of Hue-Phu Bai Airport (HUI) (Vietnam) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Hue-Phu Bai Airport (HUI/VVPB), Vietnam |
| Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN), Vietnam |
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.
Informationsquelle:
» 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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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Hue-Phu Bai Airport to Da Nang Airport as the crow flies is 66 km (41 miles).
Distance from Hue-Phu Bai Airport to Da Nang Airport as the crow flies is 66 km (41 miles).
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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