Fairchild C-123 Provider - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

• 10 October 1958: A C-123B Provider, AF Ser. No. 55-452', en route from Hill AFB, Utah to McChord AFB, Washington, with five USAF Thunderbirds flight crew and 14 maintenance personnel, flew through a flock of birds and crashed into a hillside six miles east of Payette, Idaho, just before 1830, killing all on board. This accident remains the worst loss-of-life in the Thunderbirds team history.
• 11 December 1965: En route to Tuy Hoa Air Base, a USAF C-123 hit some trees on top of a ridge, causing it to enter a spin and crash. All four crew and 81 passengers were killed.
• 16 October 1980: A UC-123K of the Ohio Air National Guard crashed shortly after take off en route home from Fort Sill, Oklahoma to Rickenbacker ANGB, Ohio. Four crew members died on impact, the fifth died later.
• 6 February 1982: A South Korean Air Force C-123 crashed into a volcano while on approach to Jeju International Airport, killing all 53 people on board.
• 1 August 2010: The aircraft used for flying scenes in the movie Con Air, C-123K, former AF Ser. No. 54-0709, FAA registration N709RR (cn: 20158), crashed in Denali National Park while performing a cargo flight for All West Freight. All three crew members died.