Accident Boeing S.307B-1 Stratoliner XW-PGR,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330859
 

Date:Saturday 27 February 1971
Time:15:07
Type:Silhouette image of generic s307 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing S.307B-1 Stratoliner
Owner/operator:Royal Air Lao
Registration: XW-PGR
MSN: 2000
Year of manufacture:1940
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35
Aircraft damage: Substantial, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Luang Prabang Airport (LPQ) -   Laos
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Luang Prabang Airport (LPQ/VLLB)
Narrative:
The aircraft had been cleared to land on runway 24. When on short final the pilot saw a cloud of dust covering the forward part of a C-47 of the Royal Laotian Air Force which was standing at the holding point. Being unaware that the C-47 had moved forward he did not go around and the aircraft's left wing struck the C-47.

Sources:

Boeing S-307/C-75 Stratoliner production list / G. Goodall
ICAO Adrep

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