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| Date: | Thursday 23 July 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-19-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4383 |
| MSN: | 20267 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gia Vuc -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gia Vuc Airstrip |
| Gia Vuc Airstrip |
Veered off runway on landing, crashed into barracks and caught fire. The reverse pitch mechanism failed on one propeller.
The airplane was returning from a flare dropping mission.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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