Narrative:
Shot down by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7). The wreckage was found four days later by an Air America Bell 204B.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 3 January 1975 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | ST-1 |
| MSN: | 20074 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 9 km (5.6 mls) SW of Nha Trang ( Vietnam)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dalat/Cam-Ly, Vietnam |
| Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT), Vietnam |
Shot down by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7). The wreckage was found four days later by an Air America Bell 204B.
Sources:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. LeekerPhotos
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