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| Date: | Thursday 3 February 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-13-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4537 |
| MSN: | 20198 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Location: | 16 km from Khe Sanh -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Khe Sanh |
| Dong Ha Air Base |
The Provider transport plane operated on a combat airlift support mission. It went missing over heavily jungled mountains. It was considered likely that the airplane was shot down.
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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