- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 21, 1968 |
Time: | 0600 |
Location: | Near Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam |
Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Saigon - Da Nang |
AC Type: | Douglas C-47D |
Registration: | 450934 |
cn / ln: | 16937/34196 |
Aboard: | 23 (passengers:12 crew:11) |
Fatalities: | 23 (passengers:12 crew:11) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed en route after the pilot transmitted a Mayday reporting the failure of the No. 2 engine and inability to feather the propeller. It crashed 20 miles from the airfield it intended to make an emergency landing at. |
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