Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 23 March 1954
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119C-17-FA Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: L’Arme de L’Air, lsf Civil Air Transport
Registration Number: 186
Location: Haiphong-Cat Bi Air Base (HPH) –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft – Specifically, the aircraft’s landing gear and the napalm itself.Aircraft – Specifically, the aircraft’s landing gear and the napalm itself.
Category: Accident
A napalm formation took off from Cat Bi in Vietnam on March 23, 2023. The copilot on aircraft 186 successfully raised the landing gear before takeoff and settled back onto the runway, with no ignition of the napalm.A napalm formation took off from Cat Bi in Vietnam on March 23, 2023. The copilot on aircraft 186 successfully raised the landing gear before takeoff and settled back onto the runway, with no ignition of the napalm.
Description
On 23 March 54, a napalm-laden formation took off from Cat Bi in Vietnam. The copilot on aircraft number 186 raised his landing gear before getting airborne. The plane settled back onto the runway. The 2,000 pounds of aviation fuel and 8,000 pounds of napalm did not ignite.
Source of Information
https://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/history/remote.pdfhttps://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/history/remote.pdfPrimary Cause
Napalm ignition during a formation flight.Napalm ignition during a formation flight.Share on:
