Incident Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter N9445,
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Date:Thursday 20 January 1972
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:Air America
Registration: N9445
MSN: 570
Year of manufacture:1965
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ban Tha Si (LS-61) -   Laos
Phase: Standing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Long Tieng (LS-20A)
Destination airport:Ban Tha Si (LS-61)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Destroyed after landing as rockets hit the airfield. Pilot Capt. James W. Russell

Sources:

http://www.pc-6.com/history/570.htm
The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker

Revision history:

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