# NTSB OAK69O0016: Porter PC-6C, N394R, Saigon, VM, December 18, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 18, 1968
- Place: Saigon, VM · SAIGON, Vietnam
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69O0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69O0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0075  68/12/18   SAIGON,SO VIETNAM   PORTER PC-6C        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 6334
        TIME - 1048                    N394R               PX-  1  0  3  CTR PASSG-I               TOTAL HOURS, 511 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CAN THO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF SOUTH VIETNAM.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N394R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N394R-2005-05-19), registration cancelled 2005-05-19, S/N 599, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PORTER PC-6C
- Registry model: [Pilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-porter-pc-6-c-h2) (registry code 7090214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch 331 SER 605HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (registry code 01502, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Can Tho

## Other investigations on N394R (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW03LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA209), Aug 28, 2003: Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 (N394R), Vigo Park, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of propeller pitch control for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB OAK69O0004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69O0004), Apr 21, 1968: Pilatus PC-6C (N394R), Hoi An, VM, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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