# NTSB OAK72OJA05: Pilatus PC-6H2, N195X, Long Tieng, Laos, August 2, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 2, 1971
- Place: Long Tieng, Laos · LONG TIENG, Laos
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163614
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72OJA05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72OJA05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0066   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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195X-1972-05-26), registration cancelled 1972-05-26, S/N 593 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-6H2
- Registry model: [Pilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-porter-pc-6-c-h2) (registry code 7090214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No 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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