Bangkok - Bangkok

On January 21, 1968 at 12:00 AM, Bangkok - Bangkok experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, operated by Royal Thai Air Force - Kong Thap Akat Thai, with the event recorded near Damnoen Saduak Samut Sakhon (<U+0E2A><U+0E21><U+0E38><U+0E17><U+0E23><U+0E2A><U+0E32><U+0E04><U+0E23>).

The flight was categorized as aerial photography and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Bangkok-Don Mueang Airport with four passengers, among them photographers and a crew of two who were involved in an aerial photography mission of a Thai Airways Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle. At an altitude of 10,000 feet, the crew of the Queen Air took position to the left of the Caravelle when the propellers of the right engine struck the left wing of the Caravelle. While the crew of the Caravelle was able to manage a safe landing at Bangkok-Don Mueang Airport, the Queen Air entered a dive and crashed in Damnoen Saduak in the Samut Sakhon province, about 50 km southwest of Bangkok. All six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 02018, MSN LD-255, year of manufacture 1966.