Runway excursion Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N389EX, Sunday 28 April 1974
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Date:Sunday 28 April 1974
Time:10:39
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:Air America
Registration: N389EX
MSN: 251
Year of manufacture:1969
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Sala Phou Koun -   Laos
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Long Tieng Airstrip
Destination airport:Sala Phou Koun Airstrip
Narrative:
Overran and nosed over after landing on a short strip.

Accident investigation:
  
Report number: OAK74DJY08
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB
The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker

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