Hong Kong – Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng – Saigon

On August 24, 1965 at 10:10 AM, Hong Kong – Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng – Saigon experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by United States Marine Corps, with the event recorded near Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

71 people were known to be on board, 59 fatalities were recorded, 12 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.1%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 65, passenger fatalities: 55, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was on a flight from Hong Kong to Saigon with an intermediate stop in Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng, 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration 149802, MSN 3693, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.3316°, 114.2031°.