Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 24 December 1966
Aircraft Type: Canadair CL-44D4-1
Owner/operator: Flying Tiger Line, lsf Seaboard World Airlines
Registration Number: N228SW
Location: ca 1 km S of Da Nang Airport (DAD) –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A short-field radar-assisted approach in dense fog resulted in a significant impact on a rural area. The aircraft cut a 300-yard swath through thatched roof huts.A short-field radar-assisted approach in dense fog resulted in a significant impact on a rural area. The aircraft cut a 300-yard swath through thatched roof huts.
Description
Crashed short of the runway while making a radar assisted approach in fog at night. The plane cut a 300yd swath through 66 thatched roof huts in Binh Thai.
Primary Cause
Radar-assisted approach in dense fog.Radar-assisted approach in dense fog.Share on:
