ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329858
| Date: | Saturday 27 July 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Owner/operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | ST-4 |
| MSN: | 20304 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 9 km S of Moc Hoa -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Phnom Penh-Pochentong Airport (PNH/VDPP) |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
The C-123 had delivered rice to refugees at Phnom Penh and was returning to Saigon when it was struck by a Strela surface-to-air missile.
Sources:
The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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