ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332259
| Date: | Saturday 26 November 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-17-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4367 |
| MSN: | 20251 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dau Tieng -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dau Tieng Airstrip |
Shortly after takeoff from Dau Tieng, the Provider was hit by small arms fire. A hydraulic fluid fire erupted. The crew attempted to return to the air base and belly-landed.
The airplane carried 35 Vietnamese paratroopers.
Sources:
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
Images:
photo (c) U.S. Air Force; over Vietnam; 1966; (publicdomain)
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