| Date: | Tuesday 27 November 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-16-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | N5004X |
| MSN: | 20233 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | 5,6 km SW of Xieng Khouang -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
| Xieng Khouang Airport (XKH/VLXK) |
Crashed when hit by heavy ground fire from neutralist anti-aircraft gun. A fire erupted in the cockpit, the right engine and the right wing.
Sources:
The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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