Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 15 July 1967 |
Type: | Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 55-0009 |
MSN: | 3036 |
First flight: | 1957 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Da Nang Air Base (DAD) ( Vietnam)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The Da Nang Air Base was attacked by Communist troops, firing rockets from a mountainside. They fired about 50 rounds of 120 and 140 mm rockets at the base, destroying several planes and killing 12 men.
Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Pacific Stars and Stripes, 16-7-1967
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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.