- Date
- November 25, 1968
- Place
- Savannakht, Laos · SAVANNAKHT, Laos
- Injuries
- 26 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1386NCurtiss-Wrt C-46D
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191441
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0069 68/11/25 SAVANNAKHT,LAOS CURTISS-WRT C-46D CR- 3 0 0 COMMERCIAL NOT AVAILABLE TIME - 1533 N1386N PX- 23 2 0 CTR PASSG-I DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVANNAKHET TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB UNDER INVESTIGATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOV OF LAOS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1386N
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Savannakhet
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