Beschrijving:
A Douglas C-47B, XV-NIE, operated on a passenger flight from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat Airport to Quang Ngai Airport, Vietnam.
The flight took off at 00:35 with an ETA at Quang Ngai of 02:50 hours. While en route, the Quang Ngai was flooded. Attempts by Saigon ACC to contact the aircraft after 02:00 hours all failed.
The aircraft was found to have struck the nearly vertical wall of a mountain, at an elevation of about 400 m, 20 km NNW of Quang-Ngai. The location of the wreckage suggested that the flight crew got lost and flew too low in a mountainous area while attempting to reach the nearby airport of Chu Lai, 8 km ENE of the wreckage site.
Probable Causes:
Pilot factor - the pilot-in-command flew VFR in IMC in an attempt to divert to an alternative airport.
Contributing factor - Adverse weather conditions.
| Status: | |
| Datum: | zaterdag 17 november 1973 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Air Vietnam |
| Registratie: | XV-NIE |
| Constructienummer: | 26355/14910 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1944 |
| Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 24 / inzittenden: 24 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 27 / inzittenden: 27 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | 20 km (12.5 mijl) NNW of Quang Ngai ( Vietnam)
|
| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Quang Ngai Airport (XNG), Vietnam |
A Douglas C-47B, XV-NIE, operated on a passenger flight from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat Airport to Quang Ngai Airport, Vietnam.
The flight took off at 00:35 with an ETA at Quang Ngai of 02:50 hours. While en route, the Quang Ngai was flooded. Attempts by Saigon ACC to contact the aircraft after 02:00 hours all failed.
The aircraft was found to have struck the nearly vertical wall of a mountain, at an elevation of about 400 m, 20 km NNW of Quang-Ngai. The location of the wreckage suggested that the flight crew got lost and flew too low in a mountainous area while attempting to reach the nearby airport of Chu Lai, 8 km ENE of the wreckage site.
Probable Cause:
Probable Causes:
Pilot factor - the pilot-in-command flew VFR in IMC in an attempt to divert to an alternative airport.
Contributing factor - Adverse weather conditions.
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport en Quang Ngai Airport bedraagt 528 km (330 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
De afstand tussen Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport en Quang Ngai Airport bedraagt 528 km (330 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
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Douglas DC-3
- ca 13.000 built
- 4142e ongeval
- 1642e dodelijk ongeval
- 71e zwaarste ongeval (toen het plaatsvond)
- 81e zwaarste ongeval (op dit moment)
Vietnam- 18e zwaarste ongeval (toen het plaatsvond)
- 22e zwaarste ongeval (op dit moment)
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