Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 06 MAR 2009 |
| Time: | ca 10:00 |
| Type: | GAF N22B Nomad |
| Operator: | Royal Thai Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lop Buri Air Base (Thailand) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lop Buri Air Base (VTBL), Thailand |
| Phitsanulok Airport (PHS/VTPP), Thailand |
Crashed shortly after takeoff from the Lop Buri Air Base. Local media report the airplane suffered engine problems. The airplane crashed, shearing off the entire left hand wing.
Sources:
» Pilot killed in Air Force plane crash in Lop Buri (Nation News, 6-3-2009)
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
