26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – N389EX Overran and nosed over after landing on a short strip. Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – N5662 Twin Otter N5662 was on a resupply flight for troops, carrying a cargo of 2,780 pounds of palletized rations. It was attempting to fly ... Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando – N1386N An engine failed shortly after takeoff and the airplane crashed. A wing separated and burned, and the fuselage came to rest inverted. Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando – N9473Z Crash-landed after an engine failure. The engine was reportedly hit by enemy fire. Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-2P – CCCP-70417 The Antonov 2 was engaged in domestic services in Laos since the civil war ended in 1973. En route from Vientiane to Sam Neua the crew ... Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando – XW-PBW All five aboard the C-46 Commando were killed as the airplane crashed 120 km NNE of Vientiane, Laos. The crew consisted of two pilots a... Continue reading
26 Mar Fairchild C-123K Provider – 374 Shot down by a missile while on a flight to Savannakhet with 12,000 pounds of general cargo. Both pilots were missing, one kicker was k... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas EC-47Q – 43-48636 The EC-47Q operated on a radio direction finding mission to locate North Vietnamese tanks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The airplane crashe... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed AC-130A Spectre – 56-0490 The AC-130A gunship was attacking some trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail from an altitude of 7800 feet when it was hit by 37 mm AAA. Two ... Continue reading