Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 27 February 1971 |
Time: | 15:07 |
Type: | Boeing S.307B-1 Stratoliner |
Operator: | Royal Air Lao |
Registration: | XW-PGR |
MSN: | 2000 |
First flight: | 1940 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Luang Prabang Airport (LPQ) ( Laos)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Luang Prabang Airport (LPQ/VLLB), Laos |
Narrative:The aircraft had been cleared to land on runway 24. When on short final the pilot saw a cloud of dust covering the forward part of a C-47 of the Royal Laotian Air Force which was standing at the holding point. Being unaware that the C-47 had moved forward he did not go around and the aircraft's left wing struck the C-47.
Classification:
Runway incursion
Runway mishap
Sources:
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Boeing S-307/C-75 Stratoliner production list / G. Goodall» ICAO Adrep
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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.