Status: | |
Date: | Monday 20 September 1982 |
Type: |  Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IV |
Operator: | Royal Thai Air Force - RTAF |
Registration: | L6-2/21 |
MSN: | AT-065 |
First flight: | 1978 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Hat Yai Airport (HDY) ( Thailand)
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Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hat Yai Airport (HDY/VTSS), Thailand |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed on takeoff following an engine failure.
The airplane carried the Thai serial L6-2/21 and the Western serial '29-999'.
Sources:
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Thai Aviation History website» New Straits Times 22 September 1982, p1
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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.