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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 64-0548 |
| MSN: | 4043 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Allison T56-A-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Khe Sanh -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The runway at Khe Sanh USMC Base was being rebuilt. A C-130E Hercules transport plane was used to transport sandbags to the airfield. Because it was impossible to land, the crew pushed the bags out from the ramp at the rear of the plane as the pilot flew a low and slow pass over the field.
The airplane crashed during a GCA approach in low clouds.
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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