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| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 63-7798 |
| MSN: | 3864 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | near Kontum Airport (KON) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kontum Airport (KON) |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
The C-130 had operated on a resupply mission to Kontum. It was struck by 122 mm rocket fire as it climbed away and crashed.
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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