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| Date: | Monday 7 May 1973 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 Turbo Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Continental Air Services (CASI) |
| Registration: | XW-PFR |
| MSN: | 668 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | E of Sam Neua (LS-32) -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit by small arms fire and force-landed on a plateau among trees; pilot Emmett J. Kay Sr.(46) and Lao passengers captured.
Sources:
http://www.pc-6.com/history/668.htm
http://www.utdallas.edu/library/collections/speccoll/Leeker/history/cooperation.pdf
http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/k/k603.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2010 04:58 | TB | Added |
| 02-Mar-2012 09:37 | TB | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2012 11:45 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2012 12:08 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2024 18:26 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ] |
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