Détails:
The Lockheed OP-2E Neptune operated on an acoustic buoy drop mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. At 9:57 AM radio contact with his aircraft was lost.
No trace of the aircraft was found. On 23 January an Air Force A-1 located the crash site on the north side of a cliff, 150 feet below the 4,583-foot ridge line.
Recovery of the remains did not begin until 1996 and was completed January through March 2002
» vo-67.org
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | jeudi 11 janvier 1968 |
| Heure: | 09:57 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Lockheed OP-2E Neptune |
| Compagnie: | United States Navy |
| Immatriculation: | 131436 |
| Numéro de série: | 426-5317 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 9 / à bord: 9 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 9 / à bord: 9 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Phou Louang Mountain ( Laos)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Nakhon Phanom RTAFB (KOP/VTUW), Thaïlande |
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The Lockheed OP-2E Neptune operated on an acoustic buoy drop mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. At 9:57 AM radio contact with his aircraft was lost.
No trace of the aircraft was found. On 23 January an Air Force A-1 located the crash site on the north side of a cliff, 150 feet below the 4,583-foot ridge line.
Recovery of the remains did not begin until 1996 and was completed January through March 2002
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher» vo-67.org
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