Date:	Tuesday 14 January 2003
Time:	13:00
Type:	Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander
Owner/operator:	Siam Air Sports
Registration:	HS-RON
MSN:	156
Year of manufacture:	1970
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,5 km from Pattaya Airport (PYX) -   Thailand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Parachuting
Departure airport:	Pattaya Airport (PYX/YTBF)
Destination airport:	Pattaya Airport (PYX/YTBF)

Narrative:
The pilot took off with full flaps, and lost control of the plane at 200-300 feet. The airplane stalled and crash-landed in a cassava field.

Jim McConnell (eyewitness), by E-mail 10-1-2011
BAAA-ACRO
Pattaya Mail
Thomas Brügge

photo (c) J.A.McConnell; nr Pattaya Airport (PYX); 14 January 2003

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