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| Date: | Saturday 7 April 2001 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-17-1V (Mi-8MTV-1) |
| Owner/operator: | SFC Vietnam |
| Registration: | VN-8415 |
| MSN: | 96168 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | Klimov TV3-117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thanh Tranh, Bo Tranh, Quang Binh -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Vinh via Dong Hoi |
| Hue | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter, carrying members of Full Account, a group searching for the remains of U.S. troops missing in action during the Vietnam War, crashed into a mountainside in heavy fog.
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2002/2002
Air Forces Monthly June 2001, p76
https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2564761/ceremony-remembers-us-vietnamese-personnel-killed-in-2001-helicopter-crash/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2011 16:03 | krasatpi | Added |
| 25-Jan-2013 08:45 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 25-Jan-2013 12:33 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 08-Apr-2021 07:54 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, ] |
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