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| Date: | Thursday 19 February 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild AC-119K Stinger |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-3156 |
| MSN: | 11167 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Da Nang Airport (DAD) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
The AC-119K ran out of fuel while on approach to Da Nang following a night time armed reconnaissance mission. The airplane landed short of the runway and sustained substantial damage.
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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photo (c) USAF; 1957; (publicdomain)
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