ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N389EX Sala Phou Koun
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Date:Sunday 28 April 1974
Time:10:39
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator:Air America
Registration: N389EX
MSN: 251
First flight: 1969
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Sala Phou Koun (   Laos)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Long Tieng Airstrip, Laos
Destination airport:Sala Phou Koun Airstrip, Laos
Narrative:
Overran and nosed over after landing on a short strip.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» NTSB
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker


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