Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
Status:Preliminary
Date:03 SEP 1964
Type:Douglas C-47D
Operator:Royal Thai Air Force - RTAF
Registration: L2-29/02?
C/n / msn: 15597/27042?
First flight: 1945
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 33
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Vaong Nong (Thailand) show on map
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Ubon Ratchathani-Muang Ubon Airport (UBP/VTUU), Thailand
Narrative:
Crashed after hitting a tree, 2 km short of the airport. The C-47 was returning from a parachute jumping exercise at Lopburi.

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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