Incident Overview
Date: Friday 1 December 1972
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4)
Owner/operator: Vietnam Air Force – VNAF
Location: 2 km N of Tuy Hoa Airport (TBB) –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 22
Component Affected: The aircraft itself (Caribou C-47).The aircraft itself (Caribou C-47).
Category: Accident
A twin-engined transport plane, a Caribou C-47, crashed in bad weather while on approach to Tuy Hoa Airport. Lieutenant General Tr?n Thanh Phong, Chief of the South Vietnamese pacification program, was killed in the accident.A twin-engined transport plane, a Caribou C-47, crashed in bad weather while on approach to Tuy Hoa Airport. Lieutenant General Tr?n Thanh Phong, Chief of the South Vietnamese pacification program, was killed in the accident.
Description
A twin-engined transport plane, identified as a “Caribou C-47” crashed in bad weather while on approach to Tuy Hoa Airport. Lieutenant General Tr?n Thanh Phong, Chief of the South Vietnamese pacification program was killed in the accident.
Primary Cause
Bad weather conditions during approach to Tuy Hoa Airport.Bad weather conditions during approach to Tuy Hoa Airport.Share on:
