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NTSB accident investigation · Pilatus PC-6H2 · Long Tieng, Laos · August 2, 1971

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
August 2, 1971
Place
Long Tieng, Laos · LONG TIENG, Laos
Injuries
1 fatal, 2 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
N195XPilatus PC-6H2
Status
Completed · report August 31, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
163614

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0066   71/8/2    LONG TIENG,LAOS     PILATUS PC-6H2      CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5502
        TIME - 1600                    N195X               PX-  1  0  1  OTHER                     TOTAL HOURS, 3602 IN
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VIENTIANE,LAOS              RETURN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        REMARKS- PAX FELL FROM ACFT DURING RICE DROP. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF LAOS.

Aircraft

Registration
N195X
Reported as
Pilatus PC-6H2
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
No damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.