| Date: | Wednesday 17 April 2013 |
| Time: | 14:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Lao Air |
| Registration: | RDPL-34180 |
| MSN: | 231 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sam Neua Airport (NEU) -
 Laos
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sam Neua Airport (NEU/VLSN) |
| Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 passenger plane sustained substantial damage in a takeoff accident at Sam Neua-Nathong Airport, Laos. Five occupants were hurt.
The airplane took off but failed to clear trees at the end of the runway. It clipped some trees and crashed into a canal about 200 metres from the end of the runway. The left hand wing was sheared off.
Sources:
Vientiane Times
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