Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 APR 1970 |
| Type: | Douglas EC-47 |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48402 |
| C/n / msn: | 14218/25663 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) SW of Hue (Vietnam)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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A shell exploded under aircraft during a Radio Direction Finding (RDF) mission over Laos. One engine lost oil pressure and engine power. The pilot had to make a forced landing as he was not able to reach the air base at Hue.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» 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.
