Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 24 DEZ 1971 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Air America |
| Kennzeichen: | 613 |
| Werknummer: | 20062 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Long Tieng (Laos) |
| Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
| Betriebsart: | Unbekannt |
| Flug von: | ? |
| Long Tieng Airstrip, Laos |
An Air America Pilatus PC-6 Porter, N197X taxied into a rubber fuel drum. Leaking fuel ignited and burnt down N197X and C-123K "613", which was unloading the fuel; both aircraft were destroyed.
Informationsquelle:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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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.
