ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331731
| Date: | Sunday 20 October 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-934 |
| MSN: | 34196/16937 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km S of Ban Me Thuot -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
| Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
A C-47 transport plane was flying military personnel from Saigon to Hong Kong with an en route stop at Da Nang. While flying near Ban Me Thuot the no. 2 engine failed. The crew were not able to feather the prop and attempted to reach Ban Me Thuot. The airplane struck terrain in poor weather.
Sources:
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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