Incident Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 Turbo-Porter XW-PFR,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82964
 
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Date:Monday 7 May 1973
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 Turbo-Porter
Owner/operator:Continental Air Services (CASI)
Registration: XW-PFR
MSN: 668
Year of manufacture:1968
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:E of Sam Neua (LS-32) -   Laos
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hit by small arms fire and force-landed on a plateau among trees; pilot Emmett J. Kay Sr.(46) and Lao passengers captured.

Sources:

http://www.pc-6.com/history/668.htm
http://www.utdallas.edu/library/collections/speccoll/Leeker/history/cooperation.pdf
http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/k/k603.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Nov-2010 04:58 TB Added
02-Mar-2012 09:37 TB Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
03-Mar-2012 11:45 TB Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative]
03-Mar-2012 12:08 TB Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]

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