What happened
While performing a flight from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat Airport, an aircraft carrying 30,000 pounds of detonators was destroyed during its arrival at Pleiku Airport. As the plane was on final approach and maintaining an altitude of approximately 1,200 feet, it was struck by enemy fire. The impact caused the aircraft to crash roughly 5 km away from the airfield.
There were five fatalities among the crew members during the incident. No survivors were reported from the flight crew.
Findings
Investigations into the accident determined that the primary reason for the loss of the aircraft was that it was shot down by enemy fire while in its descent phase toward the airport.