52-5907
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- October 11, 1969Accident
Shortly after takeoff from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat Airport, while climbing, an engine failed and caught fire. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a huge explosion. Six of the 10 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the airplane was carrying a load of ammunitions. Those killed were: Lt Col Bernard Richard Knapic, Maj Moses Lopes Alves, Maj Jerome James Rice, Cpt John Hooper V. Hathaway, S/Sgt Ellsworth Smith Bradford, S/Sgt Abraham Lincoln Moore. Probable cause (off