De Havilland DHC-6 N774M

6 February 1972 · Bouam Long, Asia · No injuries

Summary

On 6 February 1972 at about 13:51 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N774M, operated by Air America, I*, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Bouam Long, Asia. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 February 1972 at 13:51
Classification: Accident
Location: Bouam Long, Asia
Nearest airport: Bouam Long
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N774M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Air America, I*
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Ban Xon, Laos → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0082

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

EXT TURB.T/D 24FT SHRT.GUSTS 20K.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION LAOTIAN GOVT.

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 6-0082, 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

Asia 136 Air America, I* 12 De Havilland DHC-6 133 1972 4,478

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25 Jul 1972	De Havilland DHC-6 N5662	Tha Tam Blng, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	Fatal	3
31 Mar 1972	De Havilland DHC-6 N512AR	Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Atlantic Richf	No injuries	-
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15 Feb 1973	De Havilland DHC-6 N243P	Ogdensburg, New York, United States no coordinates	Air North, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Jul 1973	De Havilland DHC-6 N660MA	Dhahran, Asia no coordinates	Aramco	Minor injuries	-
9 Jul 1971	De Havilland DHC-6 N950JM	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	MacKey Intern*	No injuries	-

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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Aug 1972	Lockheed 18 N666P	Cebu City, Asia no coordinates	A.p.i.m.e.inc.	Serious injuries	-
10 Mar 1972	Beechcraft 23 N3786	Castillejos, Asia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 1972	Douglas A-26B N4000K	Manila, Asia no coordinates	Aero Service C	No injuries	-
27 Feb 1972	Bell 204B N8513F	Vientiane, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	No injuries	-
20 Mar 1972	Pilatus PC6CH2 N365F	Nong Kha, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	No injuries	-
7 Apr 1972	Pilatus PC6CH2 N359F	Bn Xieng Lom, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	No injuries	-

All 136 records in Asia