Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 25 July 1968
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou (DHC-4)
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 63-9761
Location: near Pleiku –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft control surfaces and aerodynamic stability.Aircraft control surfaces and aerodynamic stability.
Category: Accident
An aircraft stalled during an airdrop and subsequently crashed.An aircraft stalled during an airdrop and subsequently crashed.
Description
Stalled during an airdrop; crashed.
Source of Information
http://www.dhc4and5.org/http://www.dhc4and5.org/Primary Cause
Aerodynamic instability during an airdrop operation.Aerodynamic instability during an airdrop operation.Share on:
