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| Date: | Tuesday 24 November 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada RU-6A Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
| Registration: | 53-3724 |
| MSN: | 681/1414 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km SE of Can Tho AAR, SVN -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Can Tho AAF |
| Can Tho AAF |
156th AvCo; mid-air collision with SVAF Bell UH-1H 560. Considered a training mission to calibrate aircraft equipment
Sources:
http://www.armyaircrews.com/fixed.html
http://www.dhc-2.com/cn681.html
El Litoral 25 November 1970, p1
Personal experience - I was there and received the logbook
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jul-2011 14:00 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2012 15:02 | Uli Elch | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2012 12:06 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 29-Jul-2013 19:04 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2014 13:51 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 28-Apr-2015 08:33 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 29-Nov-2023 07:04 | jatotter | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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