| Date: | Monday 25 November 1968 |
| Time: | 15:33 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | N1386N |
| MSN: | 22265 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 28 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km from Savannakhet Airport (ZVK) -
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Savannakhet Airport (ZVK/VLSK) |
| Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
An engine failed shortly after takeoff and the airplane crashed. A wing separated and burned, and the fuselage came to rest inverted.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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