Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Sep 20, 1969 (77 killed), Đ...
Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on September 20, 1969 near Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam with 77 fatalities. Cause: Pilot misinterpretation of...
- Date: September 20, 1969
- Aircraft: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Location: Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam
- Fatalities: 77
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot misinterpretation of the ATC clearance, which led to modifying the approach path into the fighter
In marginal weather the Air Vietnam DC 4 was cleared to land on runway 17L while a USAF F 4E Phantom was cleared to land on 17R. The airliner captain turned toward the 17R approach path, failed to see the Phantom, and the two aircraft collided. The airliner dived and crashed in a rice paddy about 3 km from the threshold.