Last updated: 12 December 2019
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 9 January 1966 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-9-FA Provider |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-0676 |
| C/n / msn: | 20125 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Saigon ( Vietnam)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crash-landed following in-flight fire. The fire was possibly due to sabotage.
The airplane operated on a dusk resupply flight.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» 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.
