Incident Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter N197X,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25800
 
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Date:Friday 24 December 1971
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:Air America
Registration: N197X
MSN: 597
Year of manufacture:1966
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Long Tieng (LS-20A) -   Laos
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Long Tieng (LS-20A)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Taxied into rubber fuel drum. Intense fire erupted, destroying the Porter and the Air America Fairchild C-123K Provider (cn 20062) "613" (54-0613)

Sources:

http://www.pc-6.com/history/597.htm
NTSB (damaged by small arms fire; Ta Vieng; 30.9.67)
The aircraft of Air America

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
11-Nov-2010 15:26 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
20-Nov-2010 12:42 TB Updated [[Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]]

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