Lockheed C-141 Starlifter crash, Mar 23, 1967 (5 killed)
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter accident on March 23, 1967 near Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam with 5 fatalities. Cause: An air traffic controller...
- Date: March 23, 1967
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
- Location: Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: An air traffic controller cleared the Marine Corps Intruder for takeoff and also cleared the Air Force C 141 Starlifter to cross the same runway, and the two aircraft collided on the runway.
A Marine Corps A 6A Intruder taking off from Da Nang Air Base collided on the runway with a US Air Force C 141 Starlifter that had been cleared to cross it. The Starlifter caught fire, its load of acetylene cylinders exploded, and five of its six crew were killed. Both crew of the Intruder survived, although the aircraft overturned on the runway.