- Date
- January 4, 1969
- Place
- Cam Ranh B, VM · CAM RANH B, Vietnam
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N748NPilatus PC-6C
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191296
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0033 69/1/4 NR.CAM RANH B,S.VIET PILATUS PC-6C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2656 TIME - 1151 N748N PX- 0 0 1 CTR CARGO-I TOTAL HOURS, 116 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLEIKU,S.VIET NHA TRANG,S.VIET TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF SOUTH VIETNAM. DITCHED IN SHALLOW WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N748N
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-6C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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