- Date
- July 25, 1972
- Place
- Tha Tam Blng, Laos · THA TAM BLNG, Laos
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5662Dehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0088 72/7/25 THA TAM BLNG,LAOS DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 3 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1050 N5662 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 43, 14258 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-I 480 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THA TAM BLEUNG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIENTIANE,LAOS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER REMARKS- WRECKAGE NOT RECVRD.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION LAOTIAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5662
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tha Tam Bleung
N5662Registration cancelled Aug 22, 1972 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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