CABLE TO IMMEDIATE(SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP75B00159R000400100055-7
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 19, 2016
Document Release Date: 
December 20, 2006
Sequence Number: 
55
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Publication Date: 
February 17, 1966
Content Type: 
CABLE
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Approved For Releas(p,2006/12/27 CIA-RDP75B0O159R00040010 ~-7 TOR 1627"L 17 FEB 66 IMMEDI ATE APPROACHED 1. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT FROM 372 ACCIDENT SCENE. AIRCRAFT DOWNWIND FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IN AN ATTEMPTED FLAME OUT LANDING. UNOFFICIAL SURFACE WIND REPORT WAS NORTH 15 TO IS KNOTS. ONE WITNESS THOUGHT AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN LAST 200 FEET OF RUNWAY AND THEN PULLED UP STRAIGHT AHEAD OVER A RICE FIELD, CLIPPED A LIGHT OR TELEPHONE WIRE, VEERED SLIGHTLY LEFT, LEFT WIND THEN STRUCK HOUSING VILLAGE BRICK WALL SHEERING LEFT WING, MAIN PORTION OF FUSELAGE WITH RIGHT WING STRUCK SECOND BUILDING (SAME VILLAGE) AND CAME TO REST WITH NOSE PROTRUDING FROM FAR SIDE OF BUILDING. AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY COVERED WITH DEBRIS FROM HOUSE. FUSELAGE IS GENERALLY INTACT WITH NOSE SECTION BADLY DAMAGED FROM IMPACT. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF ENTIRE AREA. 2. WILL RETURN TO ACCIDENT SCENE EARLY MORNING 19 FEB WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS PLANNED OR CONTEMPLATED: S E C R E T I G2 cup a EC7.oU caci # TQ. Nasw amm m"me AND oaeswzxfr=m REPRODUCTION BY OTHER gK THE ISSUING OFFICE-Z 58 PROHIBITED. COn fa Approved For Release 2006/12/27:, CIA RDP75BOO159R000400100055-7 / ( C S E C R E T I N 88691 PAGE 2 A. DEBRIS WILL BE REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT TO ENABLE PLACING FUSELAGE ON FLAT BED AND BRINGING TUI IUNOER COVER. 25X1 13. FUEL, OIL, OXYGEN, AND HYDRAULIC FLUID SAMPLES WILL BE TAKEN FROM AIRCRAFT IF POSSIBLE. C. IN VIEW OF INITIAL ENGINE PROBLEM I INTEND TO SALVAGE ONLY THE FUSELAGE SECTION AND ALL CLASSIFIED EQUIPMENT AND HAVE 25X1 DESTROY REMAINING DEBRIS. 3. SINCE AIRCRAFT IS ,RESTING IN AND THE INHABITANTS REM,OVEDs I INTENT} TO COMPLETE THE ABOVE ACTIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO PERMIT RESTORATION OF NORMALCY IN THE AREA AND NOT WAIT FOR ACCIDENT TEAM TO ARRIVE. ALL RELEVANT EVIDENCE WILL BE RECORDED AND PRESERVED. END OF MESSAGE