61-0972

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • January 6, 1966Accident

    On final approach to Pleiku Airport, at an altitude of 1,200 feet, the airplane was hit by enemy fire and crashed about 5 km from the airfield. All five crew members were killed. The airplane was performing a flight from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat Airport, carrying a load of 30,000 pounds of detonators. Crew (463 TCW Mactan, Philippines): Cpt Richard Joseph Callanan, Cpt Lee Christopher Dixon, 1st Lt Jon Alfred Greenley, S/Sgt James Robert Lute, A2C Lowell Franklin White. Probable cause (official find

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