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| Date: | Tuesday 27 May 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-0472 |
| MSN: | 3080 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Katum -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Katum |
The C-130 transport plane was hit by ground fire while on approach to Katum. The airplane was carrying a load of construction equipment. A fuel tank on the starboard side was hit. Streaming fuel was sucked into the engines when the pilot applied reverse pitch on landing. A violent fire erupted, but the crew members evacuated safely.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
Images:
photo (c) James E Motes; Katum; 28 May 1969
photo (c) James E Motes; Katum; 28 May 1969
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