55-0116
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- January 13, 1973AccidentHull loss
While engaged in a bombing mission over North Vietnam, the airplane was hit by enemy fire. The captain decided to evacuate the target area and to divert to Đà Nẵng Airport for an emergency landing. After touchdown completed in difficult conditions, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining runway, overran and came to rest. While all six crew members escaped uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by enemy fire.