Accident Canadair CL-44D4-1 N228SW,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332248
 
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Date:Saturday 24 December 1966
Time:19:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic CL44 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Canadair CL-44D4-1
Owner/operator:Flying Tiger Line
Registration: N228SW
MSN: 31
Year of manufacture:1962
Engine model:Rolls-Royce Tyne 515
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:107
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:ca 1 km S of Da Nang Airport (DAD) -   Vietnam
Phase: Approach
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC)
Destination airport:Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN)
Narrative:
Crashed short of the runway while making a radar assisted approach in fog at night. The plane cut a 300yd swath through 66 thatched roof huts in Binh Thai.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: 
Report number: DCA67R0001
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

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photo (c) RuthAS; September 1963; (CC:by)

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