Chanthaburi - Chanthaburi

On March 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM, Chanthaburi - Chanthaburi experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by KASET - Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation, with the event recorded near Chanthaburi Chanthaburi (<U+0E08><U+0E31><U+0E19><U+0E17><U+0E1A><U+0E38><U+0E23><U+0E35>).

The flight was categorized as meteorological / weather and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Chanthaburi Airport for a cloud-seeding mission with four passengers and a pilot on board. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1312, MSN 754, year of manufacture 1975.