Military

On final approach to Obock Airstrip, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances short of runway threshold. All 5 crew members and 25 passengers were killed. The airplane was carrying members of a Handball team flying on behalf of the CIET 340, Centre d’Instruction des Équipages de Transport.

For undetermined reason, the four engine aircraft made a wheels-up landing at Palmdale AFB, slid for several yards and came to rest. There were no injuries but the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Niquelândia while completing a flight from Parnamirim AFB (Natal), to Brasília. Two crew members were killed and two others survived.

The approach to Quy Nhơn was completed under VFR mode in heavy rain falls when the airplane struck the water surface and crashed into the sea few km short of runway. Three crew members were seriously injured while two others were killed as well as both passengers. At the time of the accident, the visibility was limited due to rain falls.
Those killed were:
Crew:
Cpt Fred Rost Tice,
S/Sgt Walter Otho Tramel.
Passengers:
Cpt David Eugene Benson,
Cpt Thomas James Tolliver.

The crew was engaged in a paratroops dropping mission. In unclear circumstances, the Hercules was intercepted by the pilot of a RAF Javelin who forced the crew to land at the nearest airport. Shortly later, the Hercules went out of control and crashed, killing all five crew members. It is unknown if the airplane was shot down or not.

Caught fire for unknown reason while taxiing. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

While descending to Cali Airport, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Calima and was destroyed. All 14 occupants were killed. The flight was inbound from Howard AFB in Panama City.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Uzyn, killing the entire crew.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Uzyn, killing the entire crew.

The aircraft was on a flight from Hong Kong to Saigon with an intermediate stop in Đà Nẵng, carrying 6 crew members and 65 soldiers on leave. During the takeoff roll on runway 13, at a speed of 150 km/h, the flight engineer reported a loss of pressure on engine number one and instructed the pilot to abandon the takeoff procedure. The copilot, who was in the left seat, reduced engine power when, in the mean time, the captain who was seating in the right seat, started the rotation. In stall condition with an asymmetrical thrust, the airplane climbed to a height of 100 feet then banked left and struck a 2 meters high sea wall with its left wingtip. It flew another 250 meters then crashed into the Kowloon Bay. Both pilots and 10 passengers survived while all 59 other occupants were killed.