ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330938
| Date: | Sunday 29 November 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-649 |
| MSN: | 20098 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 42 / Occupants: 44 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km SW of Cam Ranh -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Phan Rang Air Base (PHA/VVPR) |
| Cam Ranh Airport (CXR/VVCR) |
The Provider crashed into the jungle while on a trooping flight between Phan Rang and Cam Rang, Vietnam. It struck high ground at an altitude of 2700 feet in thick cloud.
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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