Narrative:
The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain while returning from aerial survey mission for a Japanese oil company.
TransNorthern Aviation
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Wednesday 30 April 1997 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator: | TransNorthern Aviation |
| Registration: | N9825F |
| MSN: | 20800228 |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Kâmpóng Chhnang ( Cambodia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Survey/research |
| Departure airport: | Phnom Penh-Pochentong Airport (PNH/VDPP), Cambodia |
| Kâmpóng Chhnang Airport (KZC/VDKH), Cambodia |
The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain while returning from aerial survey mission for a Japanese oil company.
Probable Cause:
TransNorthern Aviation
Sources:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Phnom Penh-Pochentong Airport to Kâmpóng Chhnang Airport as the crow flies is 84 km (53 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Phnom Penh-Pochentong Airport to Kâmpóng Chhnang Airport as the crow flies is 84 km (53 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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