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| Date: | Sunday 15 July 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-17-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4366 |
| MSN: | 20250 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km S of Ban Me Thuot -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
| Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport (BMV/VVBM) |
The Provider was descending through a cloud cover over mountainous terrain. Low ceiling forced the crew to climb but the airplane flew into a wooded hillside. All four crew members survived with minor injuries and were rescued three days later by helicopter.
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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