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| Date: | Tuesday 5 March 2019 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6/AU-23A Turbo Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) |
| Registration: | JTh2-20/19 |
| MSN: | F2079 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wat Bang Sala, Khlong Hoi Khong district -
 Thailand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | 9th ad hoc air force command in Pattani province |
| Wing 56 in Khlong Hoi Khong |
The pilot of a Fairchild licence built PC.6/AU23A Turbo Porter made a forced landing in a field after engine failure. The vintage military plane sustained substantial damage. The three occupunts suffered minor injuries.
Note: the RTAF serial is JTh2-20/19 with tailnumber 42079. Ex USAF 74-2079.
Sources:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/1639594/old-air-force-plane-crashes
Media:
That's a very very old plane, https://t.co/2MAZmlULmy
— Sopheaktra tep (@Sopheaktratep) 5 mars 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2019 08:45 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Mar-2019 08:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 10:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 10:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 10:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 12:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 13:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 13:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Country, Embed code, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 13:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Country, Embed code, ] |
| 07-May-2021 14:09 | rvargast17 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 12:50 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Embed code, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 12:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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