The A/C was located just north of Pleiku and was in radio contact with the TAC. A/C crashed and burned on the north end of the strip.Ī/C was on a visual recon mission south of Ben Het with an ultimate destination of Camp Dak Saeng. Observers reported the aircraft broke into two parts, and that these parts crashed in the vicinity.Ī/C was on an IR mission and struck a ridgeline while coming out of a run at the end of a valley.Ī/C was shot down as a result of hostile fire to the east of Tra Bong.Ī/C was on a recon mission when it crashed unexpectedly on takeoff at Dong Ha.Ī/C was flying in support of B Co, 5th SFG out of Pleiku, when it crashed on an aborted landing attempt at Dak Pek SF Camp. Info indicates the A/C may have been on fire at time it broke up. Ground observers reported seeing an aircraft, later determined to be Reliable 298, break up in mid-air about 10 mi south of Tuy Hoa AB. About 14 miles SE of Phu Cat, at 1120 hours, radio and radar contact was lost with the plane.Ī/C was on a courier mission over South Vietnam. Left Qui Nhon in fixed wing to pick up 4 new UH-1 at Ban Me Thuot. OB initially impacted the roof of the Phu Bai airport control tower and onto the concrete ramp partially hanging by parachute cords that tangled in the tower's antennas. Pilot's ejection seat malfunctioned and he fell to earth still strapped to the seat. While approaching Phu Bai, right engine was shut down due to overspeed and crew ejected A/C. Pilot shut down the left engine due to oil leak, jettisoned the external tanks and was RTB to Phu Bai. Two hours into the mission, at 0840 hours, radio and radar communication was lost.Ī/C was out on a night SLAR/IR mission in Laos when it was hit by flak and. Impacted the side of a mountain, exploding on impact, with the weckage engulfed and totally destroyed by fire.Ī/C shot down and wasn't recovered until months later.Ī/C was on an early morning combat support mission in the vicinity of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Impact estimated at 65-75 Knots at 039 degrees angle from horizontal. A/C was later found at at YT 1612 on 071 Degrees Magnetic heading. NIGHTRIDER II “Rogered” request, but no further communication could be established. Arty advised they would check fire during acft transit through their area and requested notification when clear. Also advised he was heading SW through their field of fire at nominally 1500 AGL. Pilot advised that he was low on fuel and was breaking station to RTB. The plane was detailed out of the 23rd TASS. It impacted trees on a steep slope while attempting to point out a target to an accompanying A/C.Ī/C was flying a visual recon over Cambodia and came under intense enemy fire and crashed.Ī/C was on a visual recon mission over central Laos when it was lost. OB ejected too close to ground and ejection seat did not fully deploy.Ī/C went IMC and crashed into mountain SW of Phang Rang (BN740620).Ī/C was conducting a visual recon mission over rugged jungle covered mountains approx 12 mi west of the village of Thon Khe Xeng when Within minutes after the emergency, both radio and radar contact was lost.Ī/C lost engine during takeoff and crashed in a rice paddy at Phu Bai. The fix is located approx 6-10 mi out over South China Sea and approx 30 mi NE of Da Nang. At an airway fix called Xray, pilot reported out of 6000' on fire. A/C continued SE and crash inverted.Ī/C was assigned to Command Aircraft Company (CAC) based at Long Thant North and departed Phu Bai on an IFR for Da Nang. A/C was low enough that wing struck wooden top of the mast, knocking off approx 6' of the mast, causing A/C to roll out of control. A VN LST crew reported heavy machine gun fire to the NE and observed a very unstable OV-1 coming from direction ofįire. A/C was departing on an RP-1 SLAR mission when it lost an engine, rolled, crashed and exploded just off the side of the runway at Marble Mountain.Ī/C was on a visual recon in vicinity of Nam Can over the Song Qua Lon.