Last updated: 22 February 2020
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | lunes 5 febrero 1973 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas EC-47Q |
| Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registración: | 43-48636 |
| Numéro de série: | 25897/14452 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-4 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 56 km (35 milles) SE of Saravan ( Laos)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Ubon Ratchathani RTAFB (UBP/VTUU), Tailandia |
| Ubon Ratchathani RTAFB (UBP/VTUU), Tailandia |
The EC-47Q operated on a radio direction finding mission to locate North Vietnamese tanks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The airplane crashed after being hit by ground fire. The wreckage was located February 7, 1973.
Fuentes:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde» 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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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.
