Date:	Tuesday 4 August 2009
Time:	14:30
Type:	ATR 72-500 (72-212A)
Owner/operator:	Bangkok Airways
Registration:	HS-PGL
MSN:	670
Year of manufacture:	2001
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 72
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Koh Samui Airport (USM) -   Thailand
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Krabi Airport (KBV/VTSG)
Destination airport:	Koh Samui Airport (USM/VTSM)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Bangkok Airways ATR-72 passenger plane was substantially damaged when it skidded off the runway at Koh Samui. The airplane collided with the airport control tower building.

07:00 UTC / 14:00 local time:
VTSM 040700Z 29015KT 9000 FEW020TCU SCT120 BKN300 31/25 Q1007 A2974 TCU-NW=
Wind 290 degrees at 15 knots; few clouds at 2,000 ft; scattered clouds at 12,000 ft; broken clouds at 30,000 ft; Temperature 31 deg C; dew point 25 deg C.; 1007 MB; Towering CB to the Northwest

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photo (c) kinumi Yoshida; Koh Samui Airport (USM/VTSM); 04 August 2009; (CC:by-nc)

photo (c) kinumi Yoshida; Koh Samui Airport (USM/VTSM); 05 August 2009; (CC:by-nc)

photo (c) kinumi Yoshida; Koh Samui Airport (USM/VTSM); 04 August 2009; (CC:by-nc)

photo (c) kinumi Yoshida; Koh Samui Airport (USM/VTSM); 04 August 2009; (CC:by-nc)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD); January 2004

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