- Date
- July 28, 1967
- Place
- Tra Bong, VM · TRA BONG, Vietnam
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N285LPorter PC-6A
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0078 67/7/28 TRA BONG, VIETNAM PORTER PC-6A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3380 TIME - 0958 N285L PX- 0 0 2 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 803 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRA BONG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF VIETNAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N285L
- Reported as
- Porter PC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tra Bong
N285LRegistration cancelled Oct 18, 2012 · Pilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2Airframe modelPilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2Engine modelAiResearch 331 SER 605HP
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.