| Date: | Friday 24 December 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Owner/operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | 613 |
| MSN: | 20062 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Tieng Airstrip -
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Long Tieng Airstrip |
An Air America Pilatus PC-6 Porter, N197X taxied into a rubber fuel drum. Leaking fuel ignited and burnt down N197X and C-123K "613", which was unloading the fuel; both aircraft were destroyed.
Sources:
The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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