Date: | Monday 25 November 1968 |
Time: | 15:33 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Air America |
Registration: | N1386N |
MSN: | 22265 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 28 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km from Savannakhet Airport (ZVK) -
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Savannakhet Airport (ZVK/VLSK) |
Destination airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
Narrative:An engine failed shortly after takeoff and the airplane crashed. A wing separated and burned, and the fuselage came to rest inverted.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | OAK69O0011 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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