Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 APR 1970 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-4180 |
| C/n / msn: | 122 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) from Dak Seang (Vietnam)
 |
| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pleiku Airport (PXU/VVPK), Vietnam |
| Pleiku Airport (PXU/VVPK), Vietnam |
Hit by ground fire during ammunition drop.
Sources:
» DeHavilland Caribou Roster
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
Photos
Map
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 Pleiku Airport to Pleiku Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Pleiku Airport to Pleiku Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
