Crash of a De Havilland C-7B Caribou in Phước Tuy: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1969
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
62-4186
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
128
YOM:
1963
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Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure in flight. Control was lost and it crashed in an open field located in Phước Tuy. 1st Lt James Fielding Wohrer was killed while four others were injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.