Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 10 November 1962
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Air Vietnam
Registration Number: XV-NID
Location: 20 km NNW of Da Nang Airport (DAD) –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27
Component Affected: Douglas DC-3 aircraftDouglas DC-3 aircraft
Category: Accident
An Air Vietnam Douglas DC-3 crashed on a mountain near Da Nang Airport, resulting in the deaths of all 27 occupants. The aircraft, departing from Hue, experienced communication difficulties and eventually established a runway in use at Da Nang. The crew reported a downwind leg and requested position and ETA to Da Nang, but received no response. The wreckage was discovered at an elevation of 550 meters, 19.6 kilometers northwest of the airport.An Air Vietnam Douglas DC-3 crashed on a mountain near Da Nang Airport, resulting in the deaths of all 27 occupants. The aircraft, departing from Hue, experienced communication difficulties and eventually established a runway in use at Da Nang. The crew reported a downwind leg and requested position and ETA to Da Nang, but received no response. The wreckage was discovered at an elevation of 550 meters, 19.6 kilometers northwest of the airport.
Description
An Air Vietnam Douglas DC-3 impacted a mountain while on approach to Da Nang Airport, Vietnam , killing all 27 occupants. The Air Vietnam DC-3 took off from Hue at 0620 GMT for a flight to Da Nang. After some difficulties in establishing radio communications with Da Nang, the flight obtained weather conditions and runway in use at Da Nang. The DC-3 crew replied that they would report on the downwind leg of runway 35. Da Nang requested the plane’s position and ETA, but received no reply. The wreckage was later found on a mountain at an elevation of 550 m, 19,6 km NW of Da Nang Airport. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The accident probably resulted from a navigational error in adverse meteorological conditions.”
Primary Cause
Navigational error in adverse meteorological conditions.Navigational error in adverse meteorological conditions.Share on:
