Saigon - Pleiku

On August 26, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Saigon - Pleiku experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-123 Provider, operated by Air America, with the event recorded near Pleiku Gia Lai Province.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

On approach to Pleiku Airport, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances few km from the airport. All eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration ST-2, MSN 20124, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 13.9860°, 108.0074°.