Flight

Damaged beyond repair when made a hard landing near Yerevan due to a pilot error. There were no casualties.

The airplane arrived in the morning from Montevideo-Carrasco and its crew already completed several sortie in the morning. Around noon, 13 officers of the Uruguayan Army embarked the airplane and the crew was supposed to make a demonstration flight, proving the manoeuvrability of the airplane. While flying at low height, the airplane struck a tree and crashed in a huge explosion near the runway 27 threshold. A passenger was seriously injured (burned) while 16 other occupants were killed. Few hours later, the only survivor died from his injuries. Among the passengers was Col Américo Gonzalez, Chief of the Santa Bernardina Airbase.
Crew:
Maj William Kern, pilot,
Cpt Richard Morris, copilot,
S/Sgt José Rivera,
Sgt Alfred Ford.
Passengers:
Col Américo Gonzalez,
Maj Roberto Dego,
Maj Ibes Tinetti,
Cpt Heráclio Abelleira,
1st lt Manuel Villamil,
2nd Lt Rolando Paller,
2nd Lt Dámaso Sosa,
2nd Lt Mario Scarzella,
Ens Ricardo Rodríguez,
Ens Héctor Angellini,
Ens Rubén Spinelli,
Ens José Suárez,
Ens Rubén Feria.

On a crop-spraying flight for the sovkhoz (state farm) 'Nekrasovo' in the Mikhailov district of the Ryazan region, the pilot-in-command initiated a steep left turn at a height of some 20-30 metres in order to avoid collision with a high-voltage powerline. The aircraft lost height, crashed in a field 340 metres from Natalinka, came to rest upside down and caught fire. Both pilots were killed.

While in a mission in the A Shau Valley at an altitude of 5,500 feet, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire. An engine was losing oil and the crew decided to return to Huế Airport. Unable to maintain the minimum prescribed altitude, the captain elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed 32 km southwest of Huế. The captain and the flight engineer were killed while seven other occupants were injured.
Those killed were:
1st Lt George M. Wall,
S/Sgt Michael R. Conner.

While in a commando mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the airplane was hit by enemy fire. A fire erupted on the left wing root and the crew was unable to extinguish the fire. A crew member (S/Sgt Eugene Fields) was able to bail out and was later recovered uninjured while the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed, killing all 10 other occupants.
Crew:
Maj William Leslie Brooks, †
1st Lt John Cline Towle, †
Lt Col Charlie Brown Davis, †
Lt Col Charles Stoddard Rowley, †
Maj Donald Garth Fisher, †
M/Sgt Robert Newell Ireland, †
S/Sgt Thomas Yuji Adachi, †
S/Sgt Eugene Fields,
S/Sgt Stephen Warren Harris, †
S/Sgt Ronnie Lee Hensley, †
A1C Donald Michael Lint. †

While cruising at an altitude of 10,500 feet, the airplane suffered an explosion. It went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a field located near Cabanatuan. All 36 occupants have been killed.

The crew was engaged in a crop spraying flight on behalf of the sovkhoz of Kuban. Following six successful mission in the morning, the crew embarked two passengers, a member of the farm and an employee of the pesticide company. While cruising at low height, the copilot-in-command initiated a turn to the right when the airplane banked right to 45° then stalled and crashed in a field. The copilot and a passenger were killed while both other occupants were injured.

While in cruising altitude, the right engine lost power. Unable to maintain the assigned altitude, the crew decided to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane belly landed in a prairie and slid for dozen yards before coming to rest. All 12 occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane departed McDill AFB, Florida, on a flight to Langley AFB. After a technical stop at Shaw AFB located in Sumter, the crew continued bound to the north. About 20 minutes prior to its arrival at Langley AFB, while in cruising level, the airplane collided with a USAF Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk. Both aircraft went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in the region of Weldon. All six crew members on both aircraft were killed.

The pilot, sole on board, departed Kingman-Clyde Cessna Field on a local test flight on this first Cessna 340 prototype. While flying in the vicinity of the airfield, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in an open field. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.