Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 31 MAR 1956 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-15-DK |
| Operator: | Royal Thai Air Force - RTAF |
| Registration: | L2-14/96 |
| C/n / msn: | 12667 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Korat (Thailand)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Korat AFB (VTUN), Thailand |
| Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand |
Crashed shortly after takeoff. Full serial: L2-14/96/212667
Sources:
» Thai Aviation History website
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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