De Havilland DHC-6 N389EX

28 April 1974 · S.phou Koun, Asia · Serious injuries

Summary

On 28 April 1974 at about 10:39 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N389EX, operated by Air America, In, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near S.phou Koun, Asia. 10 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 8 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 April 1974 at 10:39
Classification: Accident
Location: S.phou Koun, Asia
Nearest airport: Sala Phou Koun
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N389EX
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Air America, In
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter-Passg-International
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Long Tieng, Laos → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0016

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
10	0	2	8	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

UN STOP ON SHORT STRIP. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF LAOS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0016, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

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