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| Date: | Friday 29 December 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E-I Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 64-0547 |
| MSN: | 4040 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 53 km NE of Dien Bien Phu -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
| Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
The aircraft was on a leaflet dropping mission when it impacted a steep 60-degree slope of a north-northwest facing crescent shaped mountain at an elevation of 4780 ft.
Sources:
The Last Mission of Combat Talons S-01 Crew / by Colonel John Gargus, USAF (Ret.)
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