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| Date: | Saturday 11 December 1965 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-18-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4376 |
| MSN: | 20260 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 85 / Occupants: 85 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km W of Tuy Hoa -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pleiku Airport (PXU/VVPK) |
| Tuy Hoa Airport (TBB/VVTH) |
The C-123B contacted trees on a ridge line and entered a spin, crashing 1000 feet below. The ridge line had an elevation of about 4000 feet and was probably barely visible with low ceilings between 50 and 1000 feet and rain showers.
The airplane carried a U.S. crew of four, without a navigator, and 81 South Vietnamese paratroopers.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
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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