- Date
- September 30, 1967
- Place
- Ta Vieng, Laos · TA VIENG, Laos
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N197XPorter PC-6C
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0117 67/9/30 TA VIENG,LAOS PORTER PC-6C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 7800 TIME - 1618 N197X PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1284 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF LAOS. DAMAGE FROM SMALL ARMS FIRE.SEVERED FUEL LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N197X
- Reported as
- Porter PC-6C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N197XRegistration cancelled Feb 15, 1972 · Pilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2Airframe modelPilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2
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