ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329882
Date: | Thursday 27 June 1974 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing S.307B-1 Stratoliner |
Owner/operator: | Cambodia Air Commercial |
Registration: | XW-TFR |
MSN: | 1999 |
Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Battambang Airport (BBM) -
Cambodia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Battambang Airport (BBM/VDBG) |
Destination airport: | Phnom Penh-Pochentong Airport (PNH/VDPP) |
Narrative:A forced landing in a rice field had to be made when engines no.1, 2 and 3 failed in succession just 3 minutes after takeoff. The right wing struck a tree and separated just before touchdown. The aircraft slid and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Mechanical failure due to faulty maintenance. The heavy loss of lives was attributed to the fire which erupted, probable panic among the passengers, and insufficient training of cabin attendants.
Sources:
Air Pictorial 2/66 p.57
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