Crash of a Lockheed C-130B Hercules in Bảo Lộc: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 16, 1967
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
58-0722
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3517
YOM:
1959
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a supply mission to Bảo Lộc Airstrip. After touchdown, the crew encountered technical problems with the braking systems and the captain decided to attempt a go-around manoeuvre and increased engine power. Shortly after liftoff, while passing over the runway end, the airplane struck a small hill, stalled and crashed in flames into a ravine. Three crew members were killed while three others were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed following several explosion caused by a stock of ammunition on board.
Those killed were:
S/Sgt David Glover,
S/Sgt Donald Kannel,
A1C David Chaney.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130E Hercules in An Khe

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1967
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
63-7772
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3838
YOM:
1963
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Just after liftoff from An Khe Airstrip, while climbing, the airplane stalled and crashed in flames. All five crew members were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed by fire. It was reported that the crew's vision was obscured by dust crated by the rotor of a Chinook.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130B Hercules in Tây Ninh

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1967
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
60-0307
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3618
YOM:
1961
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Tây Ninh Airstrip, while in initiale climb, the pilot encountered technical problems with the flaps and decided to perform an emergency landing in a rice paddy field. All five crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Flaps problems during takeoff.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130E Hercules at Santa Maria AFB

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
2452
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Santa Maria - Santa Maria
MSN:
4093
YOM:
1965
Country:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training mission at Santa Maria AFB. On final approach, the pilot-in-command adopted a too high angle of descent, causing the aircraft to pass below the glide and to struck the ground short of runway threshold. All seven crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Probable cause:
Wrong approach configuration.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130B Hercules in Cam Ranh Bay

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
61-0955
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3634
YOM:
1961
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown at Cam Ranh Bay Airport, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. It lost its undercarriage and came to rest few dozen yards further on. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130E Hercules near Aspermont: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
63-7886
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dyess - Dyess
MSN:
3957
YOM:
1964
Location:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a night training flight out from Dyess AFB, Abilene. In flight, control was lost and the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in an uninhabited area located in the region of Aspermont. A crew member was rescued while five others were killed.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130E Hercules near Cam Ranh Bay: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
62-1840
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Nha Trang - Nha Trang
MSN:
3803
YOM:
1963
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to Nha Trang following an airlift mission. In unclear circumstances, it appears the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed 25 km south of Cam Ranh Bay. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Jerome Joseph Smith,
1st Lt James Howard Graff,
1st Lt David Albert Thorpe,
S/Sgt Raymond Lee Wheeler,
A1C Billy Jack Clayton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130E Hercules near Chai: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
63-7878
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
3949
YOM:
1964
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a supply mission between Vietnam and Taiwan. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the four engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 16 km southeast of Chai, in the center of Taiwan. All eight occupants were killed, among them three passengers.
Crew:
Cpt William Shinn,
1st Lt John Bechacek,
1st Lt David Scovill,
A1C Wilbur Adkisson,
A1C Lucious Lunnie.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130B Hercules in Pakistan: 10 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
24142
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
3768
YOM:
1963
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area, killing all 10 occupants.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130E Hercules off Phú Hiệp: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
63-7785
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cam Ranh Bay – Kadena
MSN:
3852
YOM:
1963
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The four engine aircraft was on its way from Cam Ranh Bay to Kadena AFB, Okinawa, carrying a crew of eight. While cruising along the Vietnam shore, about 72 km northeast of Nha Trang, the airplane suffered an in-flight explosion and crashed into the sea off Phú Hiệp. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Cdr Ralph Burton Cobbs,
Lt Donald Edwin Siegwarth,
Lt Clement Olin Stevenson,
Lt Edward Leon Romig,
AN M. J. Savoy,
YN2 Jack Ishum Dempsey,
ADJ2 Curtis David Collette,
ADR2 Stanley Jon Freng.
Probable cause:
It was suspected that the airplane had been sabotaged by Vietnamese communist sympathizers who worked at the base.