Crash of a De Havilland CV-2B Caribou in Cai Cai: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1966
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
62-4165
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Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
103
YOM:
1963
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Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a supply mission near the Cai Cai Camp. While dropping a load of rice, a rice bag became stuck outside the airplane. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in an open field. Two crew members were killed while two others were injured.