Accident Fairchild C-123B-9-FA Provider 54-676, Sunday 9 January 1966
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Date:Sunday 9 January 1966
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C123 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fairchild C-123B-9-FA Provider
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 54-676
MSN: 20125
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Saigon -   Vietnam
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crash-landed following in-flight fire. The fire was possibly due to sabotage.
The airplane operated on a dusk resupply flight.

Sources:

US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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