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THAI AIR ACCIDENTS

The listing below records almost 1,000 accidents to aircraft in Thailand, and also to Thai civil & military aircraft overseas. Corrections and additions would be very welcome to [email protected]. Principal

sources are:-

‘Aerial Nationalism – A History of Aviation in Thailand’ Edward Young (1995)

‘Bangkok Post’ 1946 to date

‘Vietnam Air Losses’ Chris Hobson (2001)

plus Sid Nanson, Cheryl Baumgartner, and many other individuals

Note that the precise locations of crashes of USAF aircraft 1963-75 vary between different sources. Co-ordinates in [ ] are from US official records, but often differ significantly from locations described in other sources.

Date Type Operator Serial Location & Details

22-Dec-29 Boripatra Siamese AF Crashed at Khao Polad, near Burmese border, en route Delhi

07-Dec-31 Fokker F.VIIb KLM PH-AFO Crashed on take-off from Don Muang; 5 killed

22-Jun-33 Puss Moth Aerial Transport Co HS-PAA Crashed after flying into storm at Kumphawapi, en route from Khon Kaen to Udorn

07-Feb-38 Martin 139WSM Siamese AF Seriously damaged in landing accident

18-Mar-38 Curtiss Hawk (II or III) Siamese AF Crashed at Don Muang whilst practising for air show

22-Mar-39 Curtis Hawk 75N Siamese AF Crashed when lost control during high-speed test dive

09-Dec-40 Vought Corsair Thai AF Possibly shot down

10-Dec-40 Vought Corsair Thai AF Shot down

12-Dec-40 Curtiss Hawk III Thai AF Shot down

13-Dec-40 Curtis Hawk 75N Thai AF Destroyed on the ground at Ubon during French bombing raid

14-Dec-40 Curtis Hawk 75N & Hawk III Thai AF Collided on take off from Ubon

10-Jan-41 Mitsubishi Ki-30 Thai AF Shot down by French near Siem Reap

08-Dec-41 6 x Curtiss Hawk III Thai AF Shot down

08-Jan-42 Curtiss P-40 AVG Shot down by ground fire near Mae Sot (pilot was Charley Mott)

24-Mar-42 Curtiss P-40 AVG P8115 Shot down by ground fire near Chiang Mai, probably near Mok Chumpae (pilot was McGarry)

(Note: wreck currently in ‘Tango Squadron’ hangar at Chiang Mai)

24-Mar-42 Curtiss P-40 AVG P9196 Shot down by ground fire E of Lamphun [18°34.691N, 99°01.191E] (pilot was Newkirk)

late 1942 Mitsubishi Ki-21 Thai AF Crashed into mountain during severe weather whilst returning from a reconnaissance mission over

Kengtung

02-Feb-43 7 x Vought Corsair Thai AF Destroyed on ground at Kengtung by USAAF P-40’s

02-Mar-43 Mitsubishi Ki-21 Thai AF Destroyed on ground at Kengtung

08-Apr-44 Curtiss Hawk III Thai AF Shot down by RAF Beaufighter near Chiang Mai

07-Oct-44 2 x Liberator B.VI

Liberator B.VI

RAF – 159 Sqdn

RAF – 355 Sqdn

BZ978 / W & BZ992 / E

??

Just before midnight on 06-Oct-44, 16 Liberators from 159 Sqdn took off for a low level raid on the

railway just north of Bangkok. They were joined by 8 more from 355 and 356 Sqdns. As they arrived just

after dawn on 07-Oct-44, they were attacked by Ki-43 fighters from the Japanese 50th and 64th Sentai.

The Japanese made two claims, one by Sgt A. Kato and a second one by Cpls Yamaguchi, Ikeda, R.

Yamamoto and W. Niwa. According to Kato the bomber he was firing at suddenly swerved and hit a

second one, both going down; both Liberator crews killed (Pilots Wt Offs L.A. Barr and J. McKinnon).

Details of loss of 355 Sqdn Liberator unknown

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11-Nov-44 3 x Nakajima Ki-27 Thai AF Shot down by USAAF P-51’s near Chiang Mai

11-Nov-44 P-51 Mustang USAAF - 51st FG 44-10812 Lost over Lampang, presumably in dogfight (pilot was Henry Minco) [MACR10064]

(Note: first of only 2 claims by Thai pilots against USAAF aircraft in WW2)

21-Nov-44 B-24J Liberator USAAF - 7th BG, 492nd BS 44-40811 Crashed at ‘Geang Luang’ after engine caught fire, on mission from Madhaiganj, India; 11 crew killed

[MACR 10050]

Nov-44 P-51 Mustang USAAF Lost near Lampang, reason unknown (pilot was Thomas Ankrim)

1944 P-38 Lightning USAAF Shot down at Wiang Haeng, Chiang Mai.

(Note: Remains investigated by RTAFM / JPAC team 2004)

27-Nov-44 Nakajima Ki-43 Thai AF Shot down by B-29 over Petchburi

27-Nov-44 Boeing B-29 USAAF – 40th BG 42-24452 Hit by RTAF fighters & crashed in Burma on the way home; 11 MIA (Carl E. Blackwell, Vern H.

Hunnell, John G. Gettler, William H. Webster, Robert J. Fancher, William J. Gabriel, Robert A.

McCormick, L.D.E. Powers, Bernard Roth, William T. Stone & Carson E. Cole) [MACR10003]

(Note: second of only 2 claims by Thai pilots against USAAF aircraft in WW2)

Mar-45 Fairchild 24 Thai AF Shot down by USAAF P-51

09-Apr-45 5 x Curtiss Hawk II Thai AF Destroyed on ground at Don Muang by USAAF P-51’s

09-Apr-45 Mitsubishi Ki-30 Thai AF Destroyed on ground at Don Muang by USAAF P-51’s

09-Apr-45 3 x P-51D Mustang USAAF – 2nd AC, 2nd FS 44-15302 + 2 Three P-51’s shot down whilst strafing Don Muang on a mission from Cox’s Bazaar, India. 44-15302

crashed 3 miles W of Chao Phraya river; pilot Capt. Albert Abraham bailed out [MACR13788]

(Note: parts of 44-15302 recovered 2010 by RTAF Museum)

12-Jul-45 P-38L Lightning USAAF – 60th FS, 33rd FG 44-25116 Hit by small arms fire whilst on a reconnaissance mission and crashed approx. 12 miles NW of Lampang

airfield [18°25'N, 99°25'E]. Pilot 1st Lt. Theodore H. Demezas bailed out [MACR 14710]

(Note: Lt. Buntao Punsri operated a flak gun wagon at Lampang Station and claimed to have shot down a

P-38. The pilot, Demezas, bailed out successfully and, as RTAF was living a ‘double-life’ during the war,

the gunner tried to locate the pilot to render some help. However, the RTA was the first to reach the scene

and captured the pilot. Lt. Col. Sarit Tanarat, the army commander, sent Demezas to the Thai

underground, Thosd Panthumasen, at a sugar factory near Koh Ka. Apparently, Demezas was sent back to

his squadron sometime after the incident)

24/25-Jul-45 Nakajima E8N1 & Aichi E13A-1 Thai Navy Destroyed on ground at Chalong Bay, Phuket by RN Hellcats during ‘Operation Livery’ whilst

minesweeping off Phuket. Hellcats were from 804 Sqdn (HMS Ameer) and 896 Sqdn (HMS Empress)

01-Sep-45 Stinson L-5B USAAF – OSS Det.404 42-99633 Landed with a second L-5 (piloted by Perry C. Emmons) at Kanchanaburi strip (football field of POW

camp) en route Bangkok because of bad weather & low fuel; re-fueled with Japanese fuel & crashed on

subsequent take-off when undercarriage sheared off & fuselage broke up after hitting potholes on the

strip; pilot Staff Sergeant Ralph M. Gamble uninjured & evacuated as a passenger in the second L-5

which took off successfully

03-Sep-45 Stinson L-5B USAAF – OSS Det.404 42-99635 On a flight (three L-5’s, and one L-1, 41-18961) from Rangoon to Bangkok; landed at Moulmein to

refuel, then took off in search of the missing L-1, escorting it back to Moulmein (from where it returned

to Rangoon); re-fueled and continued towards Bangkok; crashed near Kanchanaburi when ran out of fuel

after becoming lost in very bad weather; pilot Staff Sergeant Alexander H. Epperson bailed out &

uninjured




after becoming lost in very bad weather; pilot Staff Sergeant Thad A. Ferrell bailed out & uninjured


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after becoming lost in very bad weather; pilot Lieutenant Henry C. Farris & passenger Capt V.M.Rexroad

bailed out & uninjured

05-Sep-45 Stinson L-5B USAAF – OSS Det.404 42-99612 Departed Don Mueang to Tayang, picked up one passenger (Major Bartlett), then proceeded to Hua Hin

to collect a further passenger (Dr. Chani); crashed into Gulf of Siam, near Hua Hin, following engine

failure due to contaminated fuel; minor injuries to pilot 1st Lieutenant Perry C. Emmons & 2 passengers

16-Dec-45 Liberator GR.VIII RAF - 1348 ASR Flight KH134 / J Crashed into sea off Thai Muang approx 85km north of Phuket [8°41'N, 98° 04'E] during air/sea rescue

operation; 7 missing (Pilot F/O Norman Edward Middleton, Co-pilot F/Lt. Hugh John Wood, F/O Walter

Arthur Barner Lomax, Flight Sergeant David Davidson, Sergeant William Norman Cork, Flight Sergeant

Ronald William Stephens & Sergeant Geoffrey Alan Whalley)

09-Aug-48 Bonanza Siamese AW HS-SFE ? Came down near Ayudhya in a violent storm en route from Tak to Bangkok. The pilot, Flight Commander

Phichet Chavankasame, and a lawyer, Thanom Suwanaphim, were killed, whilst a third passenger was

injured.

25-Oct-48 Douglas C-47 Pacific Overseas AL HS-PC103 Believed shot down by Dutch pilots near west coast of Sumatra

14-Dec-48 Fairchild 24 Siamese AW Force-landed on test flight

09-Jul-49 Catalina Pacific Overseas AL HS-PC205 Damaged at Macao

17-Nov-49 Douglas C-47 Trans Asiatic AL HS-TA180 Crashed at Mingaladon, Burma

07-Jun-50 Westland WS-51A Thai AF G-AMAK W/o at Yeovil before dd

18-Aug-50 North American T-6 Thai AF Crashed at Koke Kathiem, Lopburi; 2 killed

21-Aug-50 "training plane" Thai AF Caught fire in mid-air and crashed at Nakhon Ratchasima; 1 killed, 1 serious injury

27-Oct-50 Bonanza Siamese AW HS-SFA Crashed at Maesan

early 1951 Norseman Siamese AW HS-SGF Crashed in Tak Province

13-Jan-51 Douglas C-47 Air Carriers VR-HEP Crashed on Bukit Besar mountain, en route from Butterworth to Kota Kinabalu; 10 killed

(Note: also reported as 4 miles W of Sungei Padi)

11-Mar-51 Douglas C-54 Pacific Overseas AL HS-POS Crashed into the saddle between Mount Butler and Mount Parker on take-off from Kai Tak 11-Mar-51

09-Apr-51 Douglas C-47 Siamese AW HS-SAE Ditched off Cape d'Aquilar, Hong Kong; 16 killed

08-Jun-51 Spitfire 14 Thai AF Kh14-3/93 Crashed

13-Jul-51 Douglas C-54 Pacific Overseas AL HS-POA Dbr on landing at Bangkok

20-Aug-51 Douglas C-47 Siamese AW HS-SAF Crashed at Bor Fai airfield, Hua Hin

03-Sep-51 North American T-6 Thai AF Crashed into Meh Klong river in front of Army Hospital, Rajburi province; 2 killed

06-Sep-51 North American T-6 Thai AF Nose dived into paddy field near Nakhon Sawan Ratchasima Military Hospital; 1 killed

Feb-52 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-23/95 W/o in accident

13-Feb-52 ?? Thai AF Crashed near Bang Pa-In railway station at 1000; 1 killed

19-Feb-52 ?? Thai AF Crashed at 1145 during training flight at Nakhon Ratchasima; 2 crew (Pilot Officer Sanit Sukrakan & Air

Cadet Virasak Vathmaphimon)

23-Mar-52 Lockheed L-749A KLM PH-TFF Dbr at Bangkok

22-Jul-52 3 x Spitfire 14 Thai AF Kh14-11/93, Kh14-21/93 &

Kh14-22/93

Crashed

Aug-52 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-31/95 W/o in forced landing

08-Aug-52 Bearcat + Bearcat Thai AF Collided at 1000 whilst in a formation of 8 at Pak Kred, Nonthaburi province; 2 killed (Flying Officer

Kumnuan Rong-Krachang & Warrant Officer Vira Rodkachand)

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(Note: Thai AF’s first mid-air collision)

26-Jan-53 Spitfire 14 Thai AF Kh18-3/93 Crashed

13-Feb-53 Mosquito PR.34 RAF – 81 Sqdn RG189 Took off from Don Muang and headed SW, but returned 20 mins later on fire, flew erratically before

diving into the ground and exploding in Bang Khaen, SW of Don Muang; 2 killed (F/O Paul Skeaping

RAF & F/O John Williamson – both buried in Protestant Cemetery, Bangkok)

10-Apr-53 Bearcat Thai AF Crashed into sea off Chonburi; 1 killed

20-???-53 Norseman Thai AW HS-SGA Damaged in forced landing; probably repaired

20-Jul-53 ‘training plane’ Thai AF Crashed onto buildings in Amphur Madhachai, Samut Sakorn province; 2 killed

08-Aug-53 Norseman Thai AW HS-SGB Crashed in poor weather at Doi Mae Ya, Tambol Mae Jee, 26km from Amphur Pai en route Mae Sarieng-

Khun Yuam; wreckage not found until 25-Aug-53; 6 killed (including Flt. Lt. Sorot Chombhuthaveep)

10-Sep-53 Bearcat Thai AF Force-landed at airfield in Mahachai district, Samut Sakorn province after fire in fuel tank; pilot slightly

injured

04-Oct-53 North American T-6 Thai AF Collided with truck on take-off from Chiang Mai; pilot escaped

05-Oct-53 ‘trainer’ Thai AF Caught fire & crashed whilst over Chaiyaphum municipality; 1 killed. Korat-based

12-Oct-53 Bearcat Thai AF Crashed into house, and then a Wat, in Amphur Muang, Ratchaburi on training flight from Don Muang;

pilot killed, plus 1 (a Thai assemblyman) on the ground

Nov-53 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-21/95 W/o in accident

27-Jan-54 Bearcat Thai AF Crashed into forest near Phitsanulok airfield; pilot killed

27-Jan-54 Spitfire 14 Thai AF Kh14-23/93 Crashed

28-Jan-54 Bearcat Thai AF Crashed on a hill in Buriram en route from Ubon Ratchathani to Nakhon Ratchasima; pilot killed

08-Feb-54 ?? Thai AW Port tyre burst whilst taking off from Surat Thani for return flight to Bangkok, and crashed into bushes;

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09-Mar-54 Bearcat Thai AF Crashed in Aranyaprates; pilot killed

04-Apr-54 ‘helicopter’ (UH-12B ?) Thai Police Crashed in bad weather at Sub Amphur Mae Samerng, Chiang Mai, en route Chiang Mai – Mae Hong

Son. Reported missing 06-Jun

Jul-54 Helldiver Thai AF Crashed (soc 23-Jul-54)

22-Jul-54 Bearcat & Bearcat Thai AF “312” & “322” Collided in mid-air during aerobatics over Don Muang. Both crashed, “322” 6km from Don Muang; 1

killed, 1 bailed out

Sep-54 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-42/95 W/o in accident

Sep-54 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-44/95 W/o in accident

18-Sep-54 ‘patrol plane’ Thai AF “025” Force landed at Chaiyaphum following engine trouble en route Udon Thani to Lopburi; probably repaired

Oct-54 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-38/95 W/o in accident

11-Oct-54 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-10/96 ? Starboard engine failed shortly after take-off from Don Muang, and crashed into paddy field 500m from

runway whilst after attempting to return for emergency landing; 4 killed (including the pilots, Wg Cdr

Tawil Chalaruk and Plt Off Anan Sukpoonphon), 14 injured

20-Oct-54 Douglas C-47 Air America B-811 Crashed into sea 600m off Hua Hin after engine failure; 6 killed, 1 injured

16-Jan-55 Bonanza Thai AW HS-SFB Force-landed on sandbank in Prakday (?), Cambodia due to fuel shortage en route Bangkok to Phnom

Penh with Andre Kostelanetz (US conductor) as passenger; Kostelanetz continued by bus; 15 minutes of

fuel delivered by jeep & Bonanza took off again, only to be substantially damaged in another forced-

landing in a rice-field at Gavin, nearer Phnom Penh; substantially damaged, but repaired

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11-Feb-55 ‘training plane’ Thai AF Crashed at Amphur Ban Rai, Uthai Thani; pilot (based at Lopburi) seriously injured

16-Feb-55 Norseman Thai AW HS-SGC After leaving Loei en route Phitsanulok the pilot diverted to an airfield in Burma to collect a load of

opium; damaged on take-off whilst overloaded, and set alight by pilot to destroy evidence

09-Mar-55 ‘single-engined reconnaissance plane’ Hit top of tree and crashed in Mae Sai, Chiang Mai whilst participating in Army manoeuvres; 2 killed

13-May-55 Douglas C-47 Burmese AF Crashed into Doi Pa Hom Pok, 25km NW of Amphur Fang, Chiang Mai; wreck found 29-May-55; 7

killed

Jun-55 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-7/93 W/o in accident

29-Aug-55 Bearcat Thai AF Force-landed in rice-field 150m from Don Muang runway following engine failure; 1 slightly injured

09-Sep-55 ‘liaison a/c’ US Army Crashed W of Bangkok near village of Banyala (?), Kanchanaburi province near Burma border; 5 (4 US

& 1 Filipino) killed

12-Sep-55 Bearcat Thai AF Crashed 17km from Lopburi AFB; 1 slightly injured

07-Oct-55 Bonanza Thai AW HS-SFB Minor damage on take-off

07-Dec-55 Bearcat Thai AF Crashed into rice field in Amphur Nakorn Luang, Ayudhaya; pilot unhurt

29-Dec-55 North American T-6 Thai AF Crashed in Prachuap Khiri Khan; 2 killed

15-Feb-56 Sikorsky HRS-3 USMC Bu137839 Crashed near Koh Sichang en route from 'USS Princeton' to Don Muang; 7 escaped

31-Mar-56 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-14/96 / 212667 Crashed at Korat; 18 killed

27-Jun-56 Norseman Thai AW HS-SGE Ran off the runway and destroyed on landing at Mae Hong Son

20-Sep-56 Douglas C-47 Thai AW HS-POC Ran off the end of wet runway; repaired

15-Aug-57 Douglas C-47 Thai AW HS-POC Undercarriage retracted before fully airborne; substantially damaged

10-Oct-57 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-2/90 / 293045 Crashed into houses at Sunahawa, next to Tachikawa AFB following engine trouble on take-off. Pilot &

co-pilot, plus 2 on ground, seriously injured; 2 other crew, plus 2 on ground, slightly injured

Sep-58 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-19/00 Damaged in Pathum Thani province; repaired

Apr-59 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-20/94 W/o in accident

15-Jun-59 Sikorsky S-55 Thai AF H3-4/97 Tail rotor cut off own tail

cNov-59 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-28/02 / 316328 Blown off wet taxiway at Kai Tak by propwash from L-1049 into Hong Kong harbour whilst taxying to

terminal

14-Apr-60 Douglas C-54 Thai AF 42919 Crashed into a mountain while taking off from Taipei; all 18 aboard killed

Dec-60 Mil Mi-4 Lao or Vietnamese AF Mi-4 was supplying arms to guerrillas in Thailand. Got into trouble, and was set ablaze by the armed men

on board. Silver with red & blue stripes on the side.

15-Feb-61 PB4Y-2 Privateer CNAF 423 Shot down by Burmese AF Sea Fury whilst dropping supplies to Kuomintang guerillas in Burma and

crashed near Mae Sai, just inside the Thai border across from the Burmese town of Tachilek, Shan State

15-Feb-61 Hawker Sea Fury Burmese AF UB-466 The Sea Fury, piloted by Noel Peters, was intercepting a CNAF P4Y-2 Privateer which was dropping

supplies to KMT forces in northern Burma. Peters shot down the P4Y-2 but was hit by return fire and

crashed, losing his life

Jun-61 Chipmunk Thai AF F9-9/93 W/o in accident

15-Aug-61 helicopter USMC Crashed in Thailand on training mission 35 miles north of Korat AFB; 2 killed (Master Sergeant Floyd

Studer & RTAF Captain Prasit Yamachutin); 3 injured (pilot Lt. William H. Rever, co-pilot Lt. Gary D.

Johnson, crew chief Sergeant Roland K. McCall)

03-Oct-61 Sikorsky UH-34D Air America H-U Possibly crashed in Thailand

13-Mar-62 Auster AOP.9 AAC – 656 Sqdn WZ674 Caught by a down draught while flying along a ridge in southern Thailand. A wing struck a tree and the

aircraft crashed in flames; pilot seriously injured

15-May-62 North American T-6 Thai AF Damaged following emergency landing at Nong Khai airstrip when overshot runway; 1 escaped

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04-Jun-62 F-86F Sabre Thai AF Crashed into Gulf of Thailand off Lhaem Phak Bia

19-Jul-62 Comet 4C UAA SU-AMW Crashed into Khao Yai mountain, on flight UA869 inbound to Bangkok from Hong Kong. Navigation

error caused the pilot to begin his descent into Bangkok too soon; 26 killed

25-Aug-62 Sikorsky UH-34D Thai AF – 63 Squadron Crashed near Singburi, Lopburi Province; 9 killed (6 Thai, Howard M. Harris (USOM), & two officials of

IBRD, Vance Rodgers (US) & John Burt Shearer (UK)

Apr-63 Sabre 32 RAAF A94-964 Damaged at Ubon & reduced to spares

12-Apr-63 Fairchild C-123B USAF – 464TCW 56-4380 Crashed shortly after take-off from Nakhon Phanom AFB; 3 crew killed + 2 on the ground

28-Sep-63 Fairchild C-123B USAF – 315TCG 55-4513 Crashed in Thailand; 4 survived

27-Oct-63 Sikorsky UH-34D Air America H-16 Crashed & dbf on take-off from a site 22nm from Moung Loei

27-Dec-63 Douglas C-47 Air America B-815 Crashed 35m south west of Songkhla; operating for Thai Police

15-Jan-64 North American T-6 Thai AF Crash-landed into sea off Chumporn, and probably salvaged; 2 escaped

14-Aug-64 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 36TFS 62-4371 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and dbr during emergency landing at Korat AFB; 1 escaped

Note: believed repaired & finally lost 21-Sep-66 NE of Hanoi due to enemy action whilst with 6441st

TFW, Osan, Korea (soc by USAF 21-Sep-66). Pilot was Capt Glendon Lee Ammon of 357th TFS, 355th

TFW Takhli. Pilot ejected, good chute, but nothing more heard. Remains returned to US hands 1978.

18-Aug-64 F-100D Super Sabre USAF – 474TFW 56-3085 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned near Nong Khai; 1 escaped

18-Aug-64 T-28D Trojan Thai AF Shot down over Laos whilst on SAR mission; pilot (I. Tavashi) killed on ground

03-Sep-64 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-29/02? Crashed after hitting a tree at Vaong Nong village, 2km from landing at Ubon AFB whilst returning from

a parachute jumping exercise at Lopburi; attached to 22nd Joint Air Unit, Ubon; 28 killed & 5 injured

1964 T-28 Trojan Thai AF Became lost and shot down near Nge Arn; pilot (Jaem Bumroongaum) captured and released Mar-73.

24-Sep-64 Sabre 32 RAAF A94-984 Crashed 28nm W of Ubon AFB Afollowing engine failure; 1 ejected

14-Oct-64 Boeing KB-50J USAF – 41AD 48-0065 Crashed due to engine failure shortly after take-off in Thailand; 6 survived

02-Jan-65 F-100D Super Sabre USAF – 474TFW 56-2908 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 1 survived

22-Feb-65 F-86L Sabre & F-86L Sabre Thai AF Two F-86’s collided in mid-air; 1 killed (wingman); 1 ejected (pilot of the lead aircraft)

02-Mar-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 18TFW 62-4235 Damaged by AA over Vietnam and abandoned near Roi Et; 1 ejected

05-Mar-65 Grumman Albatross Thai Navy 1264 Missing shortly after take-off from Taipei en route Bangkok; 11 on board

(Note: was returning to Thailand from Japan after servicing)

24-Apr-65 C-130A Hercules USAF – 6315OG 57-0475 Crashed into high ground during a go-around in bad weather at Korat AFB; 6 killed

27-Apr-65 A-1H Skyraider USN – VA215 Bu137545 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned 2 miles from Nakhon Phanom; 1 escaped

27-Apr-65 F-86L Sabre Thai AF Destroyed in crash

12-May-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 23TFW 61-0125 Crashed 3 miles NE of Ban Phon Daeng following engine failure; 1 survived

15-May-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 23TFW 62-4374 Crashed on take-off from Takhli AFB & dbf at Village 4, Amphoe Takhli; 1 killed on ground, 10 injured

20-May-65 T-28 Trojan RLaoAF O-17741 Crashed shortly after take-off from Udorn; repaired

05-Jun-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 23TFW 61-0133 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned E of Nong Khai, just inside Thailand; 1 ejected

mid-1965 Fairchild C-123B Thai AF L4-01/07 Damaged on landing at Takhli; repaired by Feb-66

1965 T-28D Trojan Thai AF Crashed whilst performing low-level aerobatics; 2 killed

25-Jun-65 T-28D Trojan Thai AF Force-landed in a paddy field

28-Jun-65 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF While entering the landing pattern at Ubon AFB, on a flight from Don Muang, the pilot made a low break

followed by a right aileron roll, but lost power and crashed; 2 killed (pilot, plus backseater Flt Lt Niyom

Lekkhow)

03-Jul-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 23TFW 62-4398 Crashed due to fuel starvation, N of Udorn AFB; 1 survived

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07-Jul-65 F-86L Sabre Thai AF Kh17k-18/06 / 30978 Crashed into Chao Phraya river in front of Pak Kret irrigation school, Nonburi 6 minutes after take-off

from Don Muang; 1 ejected. Aircraft not recovered

12 Thai AF aircraft, including 5 jets, crashed between Jan-65 & Jul-65; 5 pilots killed

27-Jul-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 61-0177 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and crashed near Ban Kut Du, 30 miles S of Khon Kaen; 1 killed

27-Jul-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 62-4298 Collided with Mig and crashed c.10m SE of Ubon AFB; 1 killed

20-Aug-65 Sikorsky UH-34D Air America H-23 Possibly crashed in Thailand

30-Aug-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 6441TFW 62-4355 Crashed on take off from Takhli AFB following engine failure; 1 (Howard F. Hendricks) escaped

06-Sep-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 23TFW 62-4400 Caught fire during in flight refuelling over northern Thailand; 1 ejected

23-Sep-65 h/c (KH-4 ?) Thai Army Crashed on take-off from Bang Khaen & dbf; 1 escaped

28-Sep-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 23TFW 62-4404 Crashed following engine failure on a test flight 25 miles NE of Takhli AFB; 1 escaped

29-Sep-65 F-86 Sabre ?? USAF Exploded and crashed over Nakhon Sawan province; 1 ejected

12-Nov-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 62-4218 Crashed 55m SW of Udorn AFB; 1 killed

20-Nov-65 Fairchild C-123B Air America N5006X Accident at Phetchaburi; repaired

08-Dec-65 A-1G Skyraider USAF - 602ACS 134987 Possibly crashed in Thailand; 1 killed (Capt Ronald Canter)

08-Dec-65 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4302 Abandoned 39m N of Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 ejected

19-Dec-65 F-4C Phantom USAF 63-7527

10-Jan-66 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-77/09 Crashed

20-Jan-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 59-1717 Crashed near Takhli AFB following engine failure; 1 ejected

20-Jan-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 62-4324 Crashed 18m SW of Nakhon Phanom AFB following engine failure; 1 ejected

22-Feb-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4388 Lost near Takhli AFB; 1 escaped

27-Feb-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4362 Crashed near Takhli following engine failure; 1 escaped

27-Feb-66 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 64-0742 Hit by ground fire during bomb run & flew to within 10 miles of Ubon before ejecting

02-Mar-66 F-105D Thunderchief & Cessna O-1 USAF 355TFW & USAF

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59-1724 & 57-2902 Aircraft collided in mid-air over Thailand; O-1 pilot killed, F-105 pilot escaped

13-Mar-66 F-100F Super Sabre USAF – 355TFW 58-1221 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure on training sortie; 2 escaped

23-Mar-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 61-0178 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned 10 miles W of Nakhon Phanom; 1 escaped

26-Mar-66 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-18/00 Reported missing whilst en route from Chiang Mai to Udorn; became lost and reported to have crashed in

PDJ, Laos; 7 reported killed (including pilot Praom Kertsaenesri) but flight mechanic Prapan Siri-on was

released from Vietnamese PoW camp in Mar-73 and claimed the C-47 had been shot down near Quang

Biu

13-Apr-66 RF-101C Voodoo USAF 56-0086 Landing accident in Thailand

15-Apr-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 58-1158 Crashed at / near Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 killed

23-Apr-66 Beech C-45G (IAD 10-2) Air America N7951C Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Don Muang & substantially damaged

13-May-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 60-0427 Crashed at Korat AFB; 1 survived

17-May-66 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 64-0717 Crashed on landing at Ubon AFB; 2 escaped

02-Jun-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 61-0160 Crashed 55m NE of Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 escaped

14-Jun-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 60-0429 Crashed 93m NE of Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 survived

06-Jul-66 A-1E Skyraider USAF – 602ACS 52-132423 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned 20 miles N of Udorn AFB; 1 escaped

18-Jul-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 62-4312 Crashed 1m SW of Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 ejected

19-Jul-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 60-5382 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and abandoned just inside Thailand; 1 escaped

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20-Jul-66 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 63-7695 Hit by unknown gunfire near Vinh Linh, Vietnam [17°05'N, 106°59'E] following a 2200 hours ROLLING

THUNDER 51 Armed Reconnaissance mission over RP-I; call sign MALLARD; during the GCA

approach to Udorn AFB the fire warning light for the right engine came on; 1LT S.W.George (pilot)

chose a late ejection [17°23'N, 102°48'E] but too low to the ground and was killed; Capt R.A.Walmsley

(PSO) stayed with the aircraft and suffered multiple bone fractures, but survived

(Note: some sources place the crash at Ubon AFB, not Udorn AFB)

24-Jul-66 A-26A Invader USAF – 606ACS 64-17643 Crashed on approach to Nakhon Phanom AFB due to fuel starvation; 2 killed

24-Jul-66 Douglas DC-3 HS-OOO Crashed into Pacific Ocean 525 miles off US coast on delivery

25-Jul-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 62-4271 Damaged by AA fire and crashed on emergency landing at Korat AFB; 1 escaped

26-Jul-66 RF-101C Voodoo USAF – 460TRW 56-0201 Crashed during attempted overshhot at Udorn AFB; 1 injured

04-Aug-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 61-0119 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned 40 miles NW of Udorn AFB; 1 survived

16-Aug-66 Fairchild C-123B Thai AF L4-01/07 Ran off the runway at Chiang Mai and badly damaged; repaired by Feb-68

01-Sep-66 A-1E Skyraider USAF – 602ACS 52-132624 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned near Sakhon Nakhon; 1 escaped

13-Sep-66 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 63-7694 Crashed on take-off from Ubon AFB; 2 killed

13-Sep-66 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 63-7640 Abandoned near Ubon AFB following control failure; 2 escaped

10-Oct-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 62-4300 Crashed during take off from Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 killed

23-Oct-66 T-28D Trojan USAF – 606ACS 49-1582 Crashed near Nakhon Phanom; 2 killed (Lt. Col. William J. Newton & Capt. Samuel J. Baker)

07-Nov-66 T-28 Trojan USAF – 606ACS Bu146244 ? Believed crashed at Udorn; Capt. Paul M. Bayliss killed

10-Nov-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 62-4288 Crashed during take off from Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 killed

22-Nov-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 58-1161 Crashed 70m NNE of Korat AFB following engine failure; 1 killed

10-Dec-66 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 58-1160 Crashed on test flight 4m SW of Takhli AFB following engine failure; 1 ejected

17-Dec-66 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 63-8354 Crashed 12.5m SE of Udorn AFB following engine failure; 2 ejected

27-Dec-66 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 64-0833 Crashed in Thailand after engine failure due to fuel system problems; 2 escaped

28-Dec-66 U-6A Beaver USAF – 432TRW 51-16565 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 2 survived

06-Jan-67 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 64-1078 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned just inside Thailand; 2 escaped

12-Jan-67 F-4C Phantom USAF 63-7710 w/o

12-Jan-67 F-104C Starfighter USAF – 8TFW 57-0910 Aborted 1st landing at Udorn AFB & went round; nosegear collapsed on 2nd landing attempt and veered

off runway; pilot survived but at least 1 fatality on the ground

15-Jan-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 60-0440 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned just inside Thailand near Ban Tum; 1 ejected

15-Jan-67 TF-102A Delta Dagger USAF – 405FW 55-4036 Caught fire during ferry flight and crashed in Thailand; 2 survived

16-Jan-67 F-104C Starfighter USAF – 8TFW 57-0914 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 1 escaped

26-Jan-67 A-1E Skyraider USAF – 602ACS 52-132419 Crashed on take-off from Udorn AFB following engine failure; 1 escaped; possibly repaired

28-Jan-67 F-104C Starfighter USAF – 8TFW 56-0921 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 1 escaped

30-Jan-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 59-1768 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned 35 miles SE of Udorn AFB; 1 ejected

18-Feb-67 ?? Douglas EC-47P USAF 43-49547 Crashed on take-off from Ubon AFB (Note: see also 07-Jun-69)

21-Feb-67 A-26A Invader USAF – 606ACS 64-17668 & 64-17669 Aircraft in close formation and both crashed near Nakhon Phanom (64-17668 at VE699218 & 64-17669

at VE681200) after 64-17668 exploded due to AA damage; 2 killed (Capt. D. S. Campell and Capt. R. I.

Scholl), 2 survived

12-Mar-67 RF-101C Voodoo USAF – 432TRW 56-0063 Crashed at Udorn AFB; 1 escaped

14-Mar-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 62-4325 Crashed 29m NW of Korat AFB following control failure; 1 escaped

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1967 Bell 204 & HS748 Thai Police & Thai AW 915 ? + HS-??? Hit by jet blast from a Pan Am 707 at Don Muang fuelling bay. Blade tip weight hit Thai AW HS748

21-Mar-67 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 64-0788 Collided with another aircraft & crashed 35km SW of Ubon Ratchatani [15.09N, 104.58E]; 2 ejected

01-Apr-67 T-28 Trojan USAF 49-1559 Crashed 130km SE of Nakhon Phanom [16.59N, 105.58E]

05-Apr-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 62-4395 Ran off end of runway following drag chute failure whilst landing at Korat AFB; 1 survived

11-Apr-67 Pilatus Turbo-Porter N153L Substantially damaged in collision with trees following engine failure at B. Chanuman

28-Apr-67 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 64-0720 Crashed on take-off from Ubon AFB; 2 survived

09-May-67 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 63-7652 Crashed on take-off from Ubon AFB following tyre burst; 2 survived

14-May-67 F-104C Starfighter USAF – 8TFW 57-0922 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 1 survived

10-Jun-67 F-4C Phantom USAF 66-0236 Crashed in Thailand after engine flame-out; 2 ejected

14-Jun-67 Cessna T-37B Thai AF F12-01/04 Crashed

16-Jun-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 60-0485 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and abandoned just inside Thailand en route to Takhli; 1 escaped

18-Jun-67 Volpar Super Turbo 18 Air America N9577Z Substantially damaged in forced landing on water near Udorn; 2 injured

30-Jun-67 Caravelle 3 Thai International HS-TGI Crashed on landing, 1/2 mile from runway at Hong Kong during rainstorm; 24 killed, 5 seriously injured

06-Jul-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 61-0136 Crashed 225km NE of Takhli [16.48N, 102.04E] following engine failure; 1 escaped

13-Jul-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 60-0450 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and abandoned 35 miles NW of Ubon AFB; 1 escaped

03-Aug-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 61-0139 & 62-4240 Two F-105’s collided 113 miles N of Udorn AFB; 1 killed, 1 ejected

23-Aug-67 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-0260 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and abandoned 60 miles NW of Nakhon Phanom; 2 ejected

07-Sep-67 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 63-8260 Crashed 90 miles ENE of Korat AFB following engine failure; 2 survived

09-Sep-67 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-7516 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 2 survived

19-Sep-67 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-7533 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and abandoned 35 miles S of Udorn; 2 ejected

23-Sep-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 59-1749 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and abandoned close to Korat AFB; 1 ejected

26-Sep-67 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 63-8267 Struck a tree on approach to Takhli AFB in bad weather; 2 survived

26-Sep-67 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-7534 Crashed 20km SW of Takhli [15.14N, 100.18E] due to pilot error; 2 survived

02-Oct-67 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-0403 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure due to fuel system fault; 2 survived

05-Oct-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4329 Crash landed at Takhli AFB following engine failure; 1 escaped

06-Oct-67 F-4C Phantom USAF – 8TFW 63-7612 Crashed shortly after take off from Ubon AFB [15.10N, 104.50E]; 2 escaped

07-Oct-67 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 63-8272 Dbr when ran off the runway following drag chute failure on landing at Korat AFB [also reported as

80km SE of Takhli at 15.00N, 101.00E]; 2 escaped

08-Oct-67 F-4C Phantom USAF – 433TFS, 8TFW 63-7645 Mid-air collision over Thailand; crew ejected and were recovered.

16-Oct-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 60-0461 Abandoned 15m SW of Korat AFB shortly after take-off following undercarriage fault; 1 escaped

23-Oct-67 2 x F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4335 & 61-0181 Collided in mid air SW of Udorn AFB & crashed at 16.05N, 102.05E; 1 killed (62-4335), 1 escaped (61-

0181)

27-Oct-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 61-0195 Dbf following engine failure on take off from Takhli AFB [15.20N, 100.00E]; 1 escaped

28-Oct-67 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4356 Crashed 160km NE of Korat AFB [16.42N, 102.55E] following engine failure; 1 ejected

17-Nov-67 Douglas EB-66C USAF – 355TFW 54-0473 Crashed & dbf during emergency landing at Takhli AFB; 5 killed, 2 survived

06-Dec-67 Douglas EB-66C USAF – 355TFW 54-0462 Crashed on landing at Takhli AFB [15.15N, 100.18E]; 3 killed, 3 escaped

13-Dec-67 Douglas AC-47 Thai AF L2-20/00 Crashed and dbf on attempted take-off, whilst being ‘stolen’ by drunken US serviceman, from Nakhon

Phanom AFB

27-Dec-67 Douglas C-47A Thai AW HS-TDH Whilst attempting a VFR landing in fog at Chiang Mai, inbound from Bangkok, Capt. Chalerm Pirabal

selected the wrong road to follow, tried to go around, but stalled, crashed from low altitude and aircraft

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broke into two parts; 2 crew & 2 passengers killed, 1 crew & 26 passengers escaped

03-Jan-68 Sabre 32 RAAF A94-986 Crashed 3 miles SW of Ubon AFB; 1 killed, 1 injured on ground (Note: 1st RAAF fatal crash since they

came to Thailand in 1962)

05-Jan-68 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 65-0865 Damaged by AA fire over Vietnam and abandoned 45 miles NE of Udorn AFB; 2 escaped

06-Jan-68 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4441 Crashed near Takhli following engine failure; 2 survived

14-Jan-68 "turboprop" (CL-44 ? C130?) Trans Mediterranean Belly landed at Don Muang; no injuries

21-Jan-68 Caravelle 3 & Queen Air A-80 Thai International & Thai

Army

HS-TGL & 02018* Whilst in close formation, the Queen Air's starboard propeller struck the port wing of the Caravelle at

10,000 feet over Damnoensaduak District, Ratchaburi Province; the Queen Air crashed, killing all 6 on

board; the Caravelle returned safely to Don Muang

29-Jan-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 60-0478 Crashed 4m SSE of Takhli AFB on take off following engine failure; 1 escaped

18-Feb-68 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 63-8293 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned W of Udorn AFB; 2 ejected

29-Feb-68 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-7528 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and crashed whilst emergency landing at Ubon AFB [15.17N, 104.57E];

1 killed, 1 injured

05-Mar-68 Douglas EB-66E USAF – 355TFW 54-0524 Crashed 120km NW of Ubon AFB [16.19N 104.41E] following engine failure; 3 survived

06-Mar-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 62-4336 w/o

11-Mar-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 60-0501 Abandoned 90km ENE of Takhli AFB [15.48N, 101.11E] following engine failure; 1 escaped

11-Mar-68 A-1E Skyraider USAF 52-135165 Crashed due to engine failure Mar 11; pilot survived

18-Mar-68 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 602ACS 52-139678 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and force landed 25 miles NE of Udorn AFB; 1 survived

24-Mar-68 Fairchild C-123K USAF – 606ACS 54-0589 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and dbr on landing at Nakhon Phanom; 5 survived

26-Mar-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 60-0462 Crashed on take off from Korat AFB following tyre burst; 1 killed

28-Mar-68 F-111A USAF – 355TFW 66-0022 Crashed in Thailand; 2 missing

30-Mar-68 F-111A USAF – 355TFW 66-0017 Crashed in Thailand; 2 recovered

25-Apr-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 60-0436 Crashed on landing at Korat AFB; 1 killed

05-May-68 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-8687 Crashed 35km WSW of Ubon AFB [15.17N, 104.54E]; 2 survived

05-May-68 A-1E Skyraider USAF 52-132445 Reported as crashed in Thailand; 1 missing (Note: also reported as shot down in Plain of Jars, Laos 10-

Mar-70)

09-May-68 Cessna O-2A USAF 67-21399 Crashed near Ubon AFB; 2 killed.

14-May-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 61-0132 Destroyed in mid-air collision 130km ENE of Korat AFB [15.32N, 103.25E] with another F-105 (which

returned safely); 1 killed

24-May-68 T-28 Trojan USAF – 56SOW Reported lost in combat in Thailand; 2 killed (Capt. Donald B. Button & Airman James P. Birks)

07-Jun-68 Cessna T-37B Thai AF F12-08/04 ?? Crashed

26-Jun-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 58-1150 Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Korat AFB and dbr; 1 escaped

13-Jul-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 60-0453 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and dbr whilst performing emergency landing at Udorn AFB; 1 escaped

19-Jul-68 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 7390

19-Jul-68 Douglas EB-66B USAF – 355TFW 53-0491 Landed short of the runway at Takhli AFB [15.16N, 100.18E] during GCA approach; 2 survived

23-Jul-68 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-8716 Abandoned over Thailand following hydraulic failure; 2 ejected

11-Aug-68 A-1E Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-139594 Crashed during GCA approach to Nakhon Phanom AFB; 1 killed

17-Aug-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 61-0219 Drag chute failed to deploy on landing at Korat AFB and crashed into overshoot area; 1 killed

25-Aug-68 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 63-8323 Abandoned near Takhli following engine failure; 2 ejected

07-Sep-68 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 63-8289 Abandoned, & crashed 36km SW of Udorn AFB [17.15N, 102.55E] following engine failure; 2 ejected

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12-Sep-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 62-4359 Abandoned 9km N of Don Muang & crashed 46km SW of Don Muang [13.56N, 100.38E] due to fuel

starvation whilst diverting from Korat AFB to Takhli AFB; 1 survived

16-Sep-68 F-102A Delta Dagger USAF – 405FW 56-0970 Collided with an F-4 on the runway whilst landing at Udorn AFB [17.22N, 102.48E]; 1 survived

19-Sep-68 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-8692 Crashed on landing at Ubon AFB [15.14N, 104.52E]; 1 killed, 1 survived

02-Oct-68 Boeing KC-135A USAF – 93BW 55-3138 Engine failed on take-off from U-Tapao, hit obstructions and crashed; 4 killed

30-Oct-68 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-0457 Crashed 50km SW of Udorn AFB [17.11N, 102.40E] following engine failure

17-Nov-68 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 61-0092 Crashed 16m SE of Udorn AFB following engine failure; 1 ejected

21-Nov-68 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-0432 Abandoned near Udorn AFB & crashed at 17.14N, 102.43E due to fuel starvation; 2 escaped

22-Nov-68 Cessna O-2A USAF – 504TASG 68-6859 Struck a tree and crashed near Nakhon Phanom AFB; 2 killed

22-Dec-68 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 65-0906 Damaged by AA fire over Laos [17.23N, 105.43E] and crashed on landing at Udorn AFB; 1 killed, 1

survived

03-Jan-69 DHC Chipmunk Thai Flying Club Crashed into ditch at Tambon Bangkoonsri, Bangkok Noi District, Thonburi; 1 seriously injured

05-Jan-69 Baron Continental Air Services N522C Crashed into electricity pylon near Ponesa village, Amphoe Thabor, Nong Khai Province (30km from

Nong Khai) en route Udorn to Vientiane; 2 crew + 2 on ground killed, 1 seriously injured

06-Jan-69 Douglas C-47 Continental Air Services w/o in NE Thailand

06-Jan-69 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-8763 Abandoned over Thailand due to fuel starvation & crashed 120km SE of Udorn AFB [16.54N, 103.48E];

2 ejected

07-Jan-69 F-102A Delta Dagger USAF – 405FW 56-1186 Crashed 45km WSW of Udorn AFB [17.30N, 102.39E] following engine failure; 1 killed

09-Jan-69 HS748 Thai AW HS-THC Emergency landing at Lampang Airport after cargo door broke off in flight

14-Jan-69 F-4E Phantom USAF – 388TFW 67-0294 Crashed 2km from Pimai, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; 2 killed

19-Jan-69 Sikorsky CH-3C USAF 63-9689 w/o

24-Jan-69 Caravelle 3 Thai International Lost part of port wing when hit on the ground by a mail car at Tokyo; repaired

05-Feb-69 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4364 Dbr in ground accident at Takhli

12-Feb-69 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 60-0417 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned near Khok Ko, 50 miles NW of Ubon AFB, & crashed 80km north

west of Ubon AFB [15.57N, 104.22E]; 1 killed

01-Mar-69 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-139641 Crashed 30km WSW of Nakhon Phanom [17.33N, 104.37E] following engine failure; 2 escaped

10-Mar-69 A-26A Invader USAF – 56SOW 64-17673 Crashed in the Nakhon Phanom AFB circuit due to fuel starvation; 2 killed

15-Mar-69 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-134562 Aborted take-off from Nakhon Phanom AFB, exploded and burned; pilot survived

16-Mar-69 Grumman S-2F Thai Navy 420 ?? Crashed into sea near Samed Island (in the Samui/Pa-Ngan Island area); 4 killed

25-Mar-69 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-74/09 Crashed

08-Apr-69 Douglas EB-66B USAF – 355TFW 53-0498 Crashed on take-off from Takhli AFB after engine failure; 3 killed

09-Apr-69 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-133990 Hit by ground fire near Ban Pho, Xiangkhoang Province, Laos; flew about 55 miles north west of Nakhon

Phanom, where pilot bailed out; pilot rescued

10-Apr-69 Northrop F-5A Thai AF Kh18-4/10 / 69169 Crashed near Thai Niyom School in Bang Khen District, Bangkok; 1 seriously injured

16-Apr-69 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-8796 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned 10 miles north west of Nakhon Phanom AFB; 2 escaped

17-Apr-69 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-0405 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned 10 miles east of Ubon AFB; 2 escaped

25-Apr-69 Lockheed EC-121R USAF – 553RW 67-21493 Crashed shortly after take-off from Korat AFB in severe weather; 18 killed

02-May-69 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4445 Abandoned following mechanical failure 8m NW of Takhli AFB; 2 escaped

14-May-69 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW/354TFS 62-4435 Hit by AA fire over Vietnam and crashed c.5m from Udorn AFB; 1 ejected

24-May-69 AC-130A Hercules USAF – 8TFW 54-1629 Damaged by AA fire over Laos, crashed and dbf on landing at Ubon AFB; 2 killed, 3 escaped

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07-Jun-69 Douglas EC-47P USAF – 460TRW 43-49547 Crashed 40km WSW of Ubon AFB [15.13N, 104.51E]

(Note: see also 18-Feb-67)

07-Jun-69 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed near Wang Sapung, Loei Province; 2 killed

08-Jun-69 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-135356 Crashed in Thailand due to engine failure; 1 killed

09-Jul-69 Caravelle 3 Thai International HS-TGK Damaged on landing at Don Muang Airport; 67 escaped

(Note: a SAS Caravelle borrowed 13/7 to replace)

10-Jul-69 HH-43B Huskie USAF - 38ARRS 60-0278 Pilot thought he had an engine failure while on a training flight, crashed & damaged beyond economical

repair; crew received only minor injuries

15-Jul-69 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 60-0518 Damaged by AA fire and abandoned 10 miles south west of Maha Sarakham; crashed & dbf at Nong

Pling village, Muang District, Maha Sarakham Province; 1 seriously injured

17-Jul-69 F-105D Thunderchief USAF - 355TFW 62-4394 Crashed & dbf on take off from Takhli AFB, Nakhon Sawan Province when tyre burst; 1 seriously injured

& died later

19-Jul-69 Boeing B-52D USAF - 70BW 55-0676 Aborted take off in heavy rainstorm, nosewheel collapsed and dbf at south end of runway at U-Tapao

AFB; 6 escaped

19-Jul-69 HH-43B Huskie USAF – 38ARRS 59-1562 Hit by blast from exploding B-52 at U-Tapao AFB; 2 killed, 1 seriously injured

03-Aug-69 F-4D Phantom USAF – 366TFW 66-7599 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned near Ubon AFB; 2 survived

21-Aug-69 QU-22A Bonanza USAF – 553RW 68-10532 Crashed following engine failure; 1 killed

23-Aug-69 h/c Thai AF Crashed into tree at Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai Province; 13 escaped

03-Sep-69 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-8791 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and abandoned 5 miles south of Udorn AFB; 2 survived

04-Sep-69 "Cessna 130 Beachcraft" (Cessna 170

or 180?)

Agriculture & Co-operatives Ministry Crashed whilst crop-spraying in Chai Badan District, Lopburi Province; 1 injured

(Note: 1 of 5 used for crop-spraying)

06-Sep-69 Lockheed EC-121R USAF – 553RW 67-21495 Crashed during emergency landing in rainstorm at Korat AFB; 4 crew + 4 on ground killed, 12 crew

survived

09-Sep-69 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-7686 Crashed on landing at Udorn AFB; 2 escaped

02-Oct-69 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-8697 Damaged by AA fire over Laos and crashed on landing at Udorn AFB; 2 escaped

02-Oct-69 A-1J Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-142030 Ground looped on take-off from Nakhon Phanom AFB; 1 killed

04-Oct-69 Sikorsky CH-3E USAF 67-14721 w/o

07-Oct-69 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4243 Crashed on landing at Takhli AFB following engine failure; 1 baled out

17-Oct-69 h/c Thai Police Crashed into field near Phuphan range, Nakhon Phanom Province; 4 escaped

28-Oct-69 h/c Thai Police Crashed into jungle in Amphoe Huay Yod, Trang Province; 2 escaped

10-Nov-69 Apache 160 EGAT HS-YEA Whilst on cable inspection a door opened in flight & crashed into field & dbf in Amphoe Sena, Phra

Nakhon, Sri Ayutthaya; 1 killed

14-Nov-69 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 7384

16-Nov-69 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-0468 Damaged by AA fire in Laos and abandoned 7 miles SE of Udorn AFB; 2 ejected

22-Nov-69 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW 66-0441 Damaged by AA fire in Laos and abandoned a few miles from Nakhon Phanom; 2 ejected

24-Nov-69 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-75/09 Crashed

28-Nov-69 F-105D Thunderchief USAF 61-0196 & 60-0435 Two F-105’s collided during in-flight refuelling 59 miles ENE of Udorn AFB; 2 ejected

01-Dec-69 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-132546 Crashed on take off from Nakhon Phanom due to engine failure; 1 escaped

08-Dec-69 F-105F Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 63-8352 Damaged by AA fire and crashed on landing at Udorn AFB; 1 killed, 1 survived

19-Dec-69 F-4E Phantom USAF – 366TFW 67-0253 Damaged by AA over Laos and crashed 4 miles S of Ubon AFB; 2 ejected

20-Dec-69 F-4D Phantom USAF – 366TFW 66-7543 Damaged by AA over Laos and crashed 4 miles SE of Ubon AFB; 2 ejected

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21-Dec-69 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-139811 Crashed on take off from Nakhon Phanom due to engine failure; 1 escaped

(23-Dec-69) h/c Wreck found under the Indian Ocean near Adang Island, off Amphoe Muang, Satun Province

29-Dec-69 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-137552 Damaged by AA in Laos and abandoned 8 miles S of Nakhon Phanom AFB; 1 escaped

02-Jan-70 Northrop F-5A Thai AF Kh18-1/10 / 69159

1970 h/c Crashed at Si Racha District, Chonburi Province

13-Jan-70 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-17/00 Crashed at Chiang Klang Airport; 1 killed, 5 seriously injured

15-Jan-70 F-4D Phantom USAF – 390TFS 66-8820 Crashed 20km ESE from Ubon AFB [15.21N, 105.05E]; 1 killed, 1 rescued

26-Jan-70 OV-10A Bronco USAF – 23TAS 67-14680 Crashed 35km WSW from Nakhon Phanom AFB [17.33N, 104.31E]; 1 escaped

27-Jan-70 A-1E Skyraider USAF – 56SOW/22SOS 52-132674 Crashed on landing at Nakhon Phanom AFB [17.22N, 104.39E]; 1 escaped

28-Jan-70 North American T-6 Thai AF Crashed on landing at Nakhon Si Thammarat; 1 seriously injured

14-Feb-70 Cessna 182G/Wren 460 Bira Air Transport HS-PCA Overan runway in Nakhon Pathom Province; substantially damaged

21-Feb-70 F-105G Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW/354TFS 63-8281 Damaged by AA over Laos and crashed SW of Udorn AFB [17.18N, 102.42E]; 2 escaped

04-Mar-70 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-21/12

14-Mar-70 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW/602SOS 52-134471 Crashed on take off from Nakhon Phanom AFB [17.17N, 104.41E]; 1 crew + 1 on ground killed, 6 on

ground injured

14-Mar-70 F-105 Thunderchief USAF Crashed in Nakhon Phanom; 2 killed

16-Mar-70 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4230 Damaged by AA over Laos and crashed into trees 45km SW of Udorn AFB [17.13N, 102.46E]; 1

escaped

19-Mar-70 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW/602SOS 52-135275 Damaged by AA over Laos and abandoned 40km W of Nakhon Phanom [17.29N, 104.20E]; 1 survived

24-Mar-70 DHC Caribou Thai Police 12251 Crashed into Nang Keo mountain between Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province and Wang Pa Pao,

Chiang Rai Province; 6 killed

30-Mar-70 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW/13TFS 66-8707 Hit by AA over North Vietnam and crashed 6km N of Nakhon Phanom AFB [17.27N, 104.40E]; 2

survived

10-Apr-70 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 432TRW/11TRS 65-0863 Hit and badly damaged by AA fire while on a mission over Laos. Both crewmen ejected safely over

Udorn AFB, whilst the aircraft crashed in flames into barracks and the radio studio at Udorn AFB,

[17.22N, 102.48E] destroying nine buildings. 9 killed on ground; at least 30 airmen injured

(Note: a memorial to those killed can be seen at http://www.aftn.net/AFTN/memorial.htm)

11-Apr-70 h/c (probably UH-1H H6-24/12) Thai AF Shot down in mountains in Amphoe Muang, Phetchabun Province, whilst on rescue mission for T-6

below; 3 killed, 5 seriously injured

11-Apr-70 North American T-6 Thai AF Shot down into mountains in Phetchabun Province; 1 baled out

15-Apr-70 F-105D Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 61-0220 Crashed into field 12km NW of Takhli AFB [15.30N, 100.18E] due to fuel contamination; 1 ejected

15-Apr-70 F-105G Thunderchief USAF – 355TFW 62-4415 Crashed on runway & dbf at Takhli AFB [15.16N, 100.18E]; 2 escaped

(Note: also reported as 16-Apr)

22-Apr-70 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW/13TFS 66-8702 Crashed 45km SW of Udorn AFB [17.16N, 102.42E]; 2 ejected

(Note: also reported as 21-Apr; 9th US crash in Thailand in 1970)

25-Apr-70 F-4E Phantom USAF – 34TFW 67-0214 Crashed 50km ENE of Korat AFB [15.03N, 102.53E]; 1 killed; 1 recovered

25-Apr-70 Fairchild C-123B Thai AF L4-2/07 Damaged at Surat Thani airport; repaired by Jun-71

10-May-70 F-105 Thunderchief USAF Crashed at Ban Kai, Rayong Province; 2 ejected, 2 on ground injured

10-May-70 Lockheed SR-71A USAF – 9SRW 64-17969 Crashed near Korat (possibly related to the accident below ??)

10-May-70 ??? (US) Crashed near U-Tapao RTN base; type not disclosed by US authorities, speculation of new secret type

19-May-70 h/c Thai Police Crashed at Tambon Pralab, Khon Kaen Province; 2 escaped

http://www.aftn.net/AFTN/memorial.htm

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20-May-70 T-28 Trojan USAF – 56SOW Reported lost in combat in Thailand; Capt. Donald J. Morris killed

12-Jun-70 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW/25TFS 66-8770 Crashed into field at Ban Tae Yai, Muang District, Ubon Ratchatani Province [15.15N, 104.52E or

15.28N, 105.01E]; 1 ejected, 1 killed

(Note: also reported as 11-Jun; 11th US crash in Thailand in 1970)

09-Jul-70 "4-seat h/c" Central Security Command Crashed after take off near Bantakum Road, Ban Nernsung, Amphoe Muang, Trat Province; 3 escaped

10-Jul-70 ??? Thai AF Crashed into field & dbf at Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani; 1 ejected

23-Jul-70 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-3/98 Crashed into field; 2 baled out

23-Jul-70 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-19/12

(03-Aug-70) "single-engined a/c" Wreck discovered at bottom of Soi Dao Hill, Phaisali District, Nakhon Sawan Province

13-Aug-70 Sikorsky CH-3C USAF – 56SOW/21SOS 63-9681 Crashed 35km NW of Ubon AFB [15.34N, 104.53E] on training mission; 4 killed, 1 rescued

13-Aug-70 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-63/09 Crashed

21-Aug-70 F-4 Phantom USAF Ran off runway at Ubon AFB; 2 escaped

26-Aug-70 h/c Thai Police Crashed on landing at Narathiwat Airport; 2 escaped

late Aug-70 "Fairchild" (PC-6?) Thai Police ? Crashed in Sungai Padi District, Narathiwat Province

03-Sep-70 h/c Thai Police Crashed into field at Sungai Padi District, Narathiwat Province whilst collecting wreckage from Fairchild

crash; 6 escaped

14-Sep-70 Northrop F-5A Thai AF Kh18-8/10 / 21258

16-Sep-70 ??? Thai AF Crashed on landing at Pathum Thani; 1 ejected

06-Oct-70 Northrop F-5A Thai AF Kh18-3/10 / 69161 Crashed in Khao Kor area, Lomsak District, Phetchabun Province; 1 killed; wreck found Feb-82

25-Oct-70 Sikorsky UH-34D Royal Laotian AF 8803 (ex Bu148803) Exploded & crashed at Tambon Banbun, Muang District, Phichit Province; 5 killed

25-Oct-70 Douglas EB-66C USAF – 388TFW/42TEWS 55-0384 Crashed & dbf on landing at Korat AFB [14.56N, 102.05E]; 6 escaped

(Note: date also given as 24-Oct & 26-Oct; based at Korat then were 388TFW with F-4E; also EC-121's

& 3 Wing of Thai AF with HH-43's)

03-Nov-70 North American T-6 Thai AF Crashed into field at Tambon Bangluang, Bang Len District, Nakhon Phanom Province; 1 killed, 1

seriously injured

04-Nov-70 h/c Exploded & crashed in Nangkaew mountains, Chae Hom District, Lampang Province

15-Nov-70 F-105G Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 63-8311 Crashed & dbf on landing at Nakhon Phanom AFB [17.24N, 104.39E]; 2 ejected; 1 on ground seriously

injured

27-Nov-70 h/c Thai AF Crashed in Kamphaeng Saen District, Nakhon Phanom Province; 5 killed

15-Dec-70 Piper Apache 150 HS-CHA

01-Feb-71 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-95/13 / ‘#514’ Shot down whilst attacking troop concentrations 18 miles S of Siem Reap, Cambodia; 1 killed (Kosok

Teeranuch)

02-Feb-71 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW/555TFS 66-0263 Crashed on landing at Udorn AFB [17.19N, 102.57E]; 2 killed

(Note: also reported as 03-Feb)

22-Feb-71 Bell UH-1H Thai Army Crashed into mountain at Doi Phachi, Tha Wang Pha District, Nan Province; 2 killed, 3 seriously injured

23-Feb-71 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-68/09 Exploded in mid air over Don Muang; 1 killed

26-Feb-71 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW/25TFS 66-8774 Crashed at Ban Mai, Muang District, 10km NE of Ubon AFB [15.23N, 105.02E]; 1 killed, 1 seriously

injured

(Note: also reported as 27-Feb)

01-Mar-71 ??? Thai Army Crashed & dbf after take off from Army Flight Training School, Lopburi; 2 killed

10-Mar-71 Douglas EB-66C USAF – 388TFW/42TEWS 55-0389 Crashed on take-off from Korat AFB [15.06N, 102.20E] due to control failure; 4 escaped

(Note: cause also reported as contaminated fuel)

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26-Mar-71 "amphibious h/c" Crashed into lake on take off from Khon Kaen; 1 killed, 2 seriously injured

02-Apr-71 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-26/02 Left engine failed whilst supporting parachute jumping; pilot ordered all parachutists to jump out of the

descending aircraft, and it attempted to return to base but could not find due to weather and nav aids

failure; made an emergency landing at Wung Nok Ann Air Field, Sarit Sena Army Camp, Phitsanulok,

where it overshot and stopped 300 feet beyond the end of runway; suffered minor damage and repaired

20-Apr-71 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Air America N199X Crashed into forest on Doi Suthep mountain, Chiang Mai Province; 3 injured

21-Apr-71 F-4D Phantom USAF – 497TFS 66-7717 Crashed 100km NW of Ubon AFB [16.10N, 104.40E]; 2 recovered

07-May-71 Douglas C-47A Thai AW HS-TDE ? Crashed short of runway at Mae Hong Son airfield; 21 escaped

17-May-71 Bell UH-1H Thai Army On 180 day loan from US Army to RTAVF

27-May-71 Northrop F-5A & DHC Chipmunk Thai AF & Civil Aviation

Club

Kh18-5/10 / 21236 + ?? Whilst taking off from Don Muang the F-5 clipped the wing of the Chipmunk and crashed; Chipmunk

badly damaged; F-5 pilot plus 4 on ground killed

29-May-71 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-18/12 Crashed on take off from Doi Inthanont mountain, Chiang Mai Province; 7 killed, 4 escaped

03-Jun-71 h/c Thai Police Crashed in Bangkapi District, Bangkok; 4 killed

03-Jun-71 DHC Chipmunk Thai AF Crashed near housing estate in Yannawa District; 1 killed

16-Jul-71 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed into tree during emergency landing in Muang District, Uttaradit Province; 1 killed, 1 seriously

injured

23-Jul-71 DHC Caribou USAF Crashed on take off from Chiang Mai Airport; all escaped

26-Jul-71 A-1H Skyraider USAF – 56SOW 52-139730 Dbr in landing accident at Nakhon Phanom AFB; 1 escaped

02-Aug-71 QU-22B Bonanza USAF – 56SOW/554RS 70-1538 Crashed 40km SW of Nakhon Phanom [17.26N, 104.31E]; 1 recovered

(Note: presumably repaired as became N64884 1974)

02-Nov-71 T-28 Trojan Thai AF - Wing 5 Believed crashed into sea 8km off Bang Saphan District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province; 2 missing

07-Nov-71 Douglas C-47 Thai AW HS-TDC Overan runway at Mae Hong Son; substantially damaged

10-Nov-71 Douglas EC-47Q USAF 43-48009 Damaged on take off from Nakhon Phanom AFB; repaired & back in service by 1973

29-Dec-71 "single engined a/c" (probably

Cessna 150)

Hua Hin Flying Training

Centre (CATC ?)

HS-TCX ? Crashed into jungle at Ratchaburi; 1 escaped

29-Dec-71 Bell UH-1H Thai Army ? 5483 ?

25-Jan-72 h/c Thai Army Crashed in fog near Thai AF golf course, Bang Khen District, near Don Muang Airport; 4 killed

25-Jan-72 h/c Thai AF Crashed at Camp Taksin, Chantaburi Province; 4 injured

01-Feb-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW Crashed on take-off from Udorn AFB; 1 killed 1 escaped

02-Feb-72 F-105G Thunderchief USAF – 388TFW 63-8284 Exploded on take off from Korat AFB at approx. 0900; 1 killed (Major Charles H Stone), 1 escaped

02-Feb-72 Douglas EB-66C USAF – 42TEWS 54-0450 Lost power immediately after take-off from Korat AFB, and belly-landed onto unpaved overrun strip; all

6 crew escaped (Pilot, Navigator and 4 Electronic Systems Operators); aircraft later scrapped

03-Feb-72 T-28 Trojan USAF – 56SOW Reported lost in combat in Thailand; 2 killed (Capt. James J. Crawford & Capt. Donald W. Lowe)

13-Feb-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 435TFS 66-8741 Crashed 25km SE of Ubon AFB [15.07N, 105.02E]; 2 recovered

23-Feb-72 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-107/14 Crashed

24-Feb-72 OV-10A Bronco USAF – 504TASG 67-14620 Crashed on take-off from Nakhon Phanom AFB following engine failure; 1 escaped

02-Mar-72 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-1/11

11-Mar-72 F-105G Thunderchief USAF – 17WWS 63-8327 Crashed in jungle in 70km S of Korat AFB, in Khon Buri District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province [14.10N,

102.08E] following engine failure; wreck found Aug-73

(Note: also reported as 12-Mar)

15-Mar-72 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-22/13 Crashed on landing at Don Muang

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23-Mar-72 A-1H Skyraider USAF 52-137622 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 1 escaped

30-Mar-72 Bell UH-1H Thai AF 6166 = H6-14/12 Crashed at Sena Narong Army Camp, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province; 1 killed, 5 injured

04-Apr-72 QU-22B Bonanza USAF – 56SOW/554RS 69-7700 Crashed just inside Thai border [16.03N, 105.03E] following engine failure; 1 escaped

22-Apr-72 QU-22B Bonanza USAF – 56SOW 67-1548 Crashed in Thailand following engine failure; 1 escaped

08-May-72 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-46/07 Crashed into field on landing at Chiang Rai Airport & dbf

10-May-72 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF 21309 W/o due to in-flight engine failure at Eglin AFB, Fl.

17-May-72 F-105G Thunderchief USAF – 23TFW/561WWS 63-8347 Tyre blew out whilst landing overweight at Korat AFB [14.58N, 102.06E]; 2 escaped

31-May-72 F-4 Phantom USAF – 31TFW Crashed 12 miles from Udorn AFB due to SAM damage; 2 ejected

(Note: also reported as 01-Jun)

06-Jun-72 Lockheed RT-33A Thai AF TF11-6/10 Exploded in mid air over Samut Sakhon province

18-Jun-72 Cessna A-37B USAF – 377ABW 69-6349 Crashed in Thailand; 1 escaped

Jul-72 ? Bell UH-1H Thai Army 6423

05-Jul-72 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed into sea 5 miles off Chonburi; 2 killed, 1 escaped

05-Jul-72 Douglas DC-3 & Lockheed T-33A ?????? & Thai AF ??? & F11-16/12 T-33 hit wing of DC-3 in a mid air collision over Don Muang Airport; both landed safely

06-Jul-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW/497TFS 65-0800 Crashed into field 5km from Ubon AFB [15.18N, 104.55E] whilst attempting to land in heavy rainstorm;

2 killed

08-Jul-72 F-4E Phantom USAF – 366TFW/4TFS 69-7563 Hit by AAM over Vietnam; aircraft abandoned SW of Udorn AFB [17.29N, 102.43E]; 2 survived

10-Jul-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-7707 Crashed on take-off from Ubon AFB following tyre blow out; 2 survived

12-Jul-72 Bell OH-13 Thai Army 6228 Crashed

30-Jul-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 66-0274 Crashed on landing at Ubon AFB; 2 survived

30-Jul-72 Boeing B-52D USAF - 307SW 56-0677 Crashed at At Samat District, Roi Et Province, 65 miles north west of Ubon AFB after lightning strike

knocked out instruments; left wing also reported to have caught fire; 5 killed, 1 escaped

early Aug-72 h/c Thai AF Shot down over Phuphan mountains, Kalasin Province; 4 killed, 8 escaped

02-Aug-72 F-4J Phantom USMC – VMFA232 Bu155817 Crashed on approach to Nam Phong AFB; 1 recovered

11-Aug-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW/435TFS 66-0281 Crashed on take off from Ubon AFB [15.17N, 104.56E]; 2 killed

(Note: also reported as 10-Aug, and on landing)

25-Aug-72 QU-22B Bonanza USAF – 56SOW 70-1546 Crashed on take-off from Nakhon Phanom AFB after engine failure; 1 survived

28-Aug-72 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 15658 Crashed & dbf in a plantation in Pak Thor District, Ratchaburi Province; 13 killed

17-Sep-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 35TFW 65-0593 Crashed on landing at Ubon AFB following systems failure; 2 survived

22-Sep-72 F-4E Phantom USAF – 388TFW 67-0385 Crashed on landing at Korat AFB during a thunderstorm; 2 survived

15-Oct-72 Boeing B-52D USAF - 43SW 55-0097 Sustained crash damage on landing at U-Tapao AFB; 6 survived

16-Oct-72 T-28 Trojan Thai AF - Wing 5 JF13-110/15 Crashed into Gulf of Pak Phanong, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province; 1 baled out

17-Oct-72 Bell 205A-1 Thai Police 1708 Crashed at Mae Sot District, Tak Province; 4 killed

18-Oct-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW/435TFS 66-8708 Crashed 40km NW of Ubon AFB [15.40N, 104.50E] on approach; 2 ejected

(Note: also reported as 17-Oct)

23-Oct-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 8TFW 65-0632 Crashed on landing at Ubon AFB; 2 ejected

(Note: also reported as on take-off)

24-Oct-72 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-09/12

20-Nov-72 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW/555TFS 66-7501 Crashed 60km ESE of Udorn AFB on training sortie [17.28N, 103.36E]; 2 (including Calvin B. Tibbett)

missing presumed killed

(Note: also reported as 21-Nov)

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21-Nov-72 Douglas EC-47Q USAF – 56SOW/361TEW 43-49771 Crashed on landing 2km from runway at Nakhon Phanom AFB [17.23N, 104.39E]; 2 killed, 8 injured

22-Nov-72 ? F-111 USAF Crashed; 2 killed

(Note: 4th F-111 crashed in theatre since Sep-72)

22-Nov-72 Boeing B-52D USAF - 307SW 55-0110 Crashed into jungle near Pla Pak/Muang District border, Nakhon Phanom Province [17.11N, 104.38E]

after being hit by SAM near Vinh, North Vietnam; 6 baled out

(Note: 9th B-52 lost in theatre since 1965)

18-Dec-72 "single-engine trainer" Thai AF Crashed into field at Ban Nong Yai Sap, Tambon Sra Yai Som, U Thong District, Suphanburi Province; 1

slightly injured

19-Dec-72 Boeing B-52G USAF - 72SW 58-0246 Crashed in Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province, 30km SW of Nam Phong AFB after being hit by

SAM near Kinh No, North Vietnam; 7 escaped

(Note: also reported as 35km E of Khon Kaen)

20-Dec-72 Boeing B-52G USAF – 320BW/72SW 57-6481 Hit by SAM near Yen Vien, North Vietnam & abandoned 16km SW of Nakhon Phanom [17.30N,

104.50E]; 6 escaped

(Note: also reported as 8km S of Nakhon Phanom)

23-Dec-72 Douglas EB-66E USAF – 42TEWS 54-0529 Crashed on approach to Korat AFB [14.58N, 102.05E] after engine failure; 3 killed

(Note: also reported as on’landing roll’ at Korat)

26-Dec-72 Boeing B-52D USAF - 307SW 56-0584 Crashed at about 0200 2km NE of U-Tapao AFB near Wat Sa Kaew whilst on approach after being hit by

SAM near Hanoi, North Vietnam; 4 killed, 2 seriously injured

(Note: 3rd B-52 to crash in Thailand in last 8 days)

27-Dec-72 Boeing B-52D USAF - 307SW 56-0599 Hit by SAM & crashed at about 0500 135km SW of Nakhom Phanom AFB; 6 baled out

07-Jan-73 F-4D Phantom USAF – 432TRW/13TFS 66-8749 Crashed 45km SE of Udorn AFB [17.23N, 103.16E] following mechanical failure; 2 ejected

(Note: also reported as 16km SSW of Udorn)

09-Jan-73 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF - 31 Sqdn (?) F11-24/13 Exploded in mid-air over Ban Phaeo District, Samut Sakhon Province; 1 killed

10-Jan-73 "trainer" Thai AF Crashed & dbf near Anussasa Canal, Ban Moh District, Saraburi Province; 1 killed

11-Jan-73 A-7D Corsair USAF – 354TFW 71-0316 Crashed 32km NE of Udorn AFB after engine failure; 1 ejected

01-Feb-73 h/c Thai Police Crashed in jungle near Tuan, Shan State, Burma and damaged; 5 Thai & 3 US crew held by Burmese

authorities

05-Feb-73 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Thai Police 1602

05-Feb-73 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Thai AF JH2-08/15 / 21313 Crashed into rice paddy at Khok Krathiam District, Lopburi Province; Thai pilot & US instructor killed

(Note: also reported as 06-Jan)

08-Feb-73 Cessna T-37B Thai AF F12-07/04 Crashed

17-Feb-73 A-7D Corsair USAF – 354TFW 70-0949 Hit by AA fire, abandoned 3 miles S of Nakhon Phanom AFB & crashed 4 miles east of Nakhon Phanom

AFB; 1 ejected

20-Feb-73 F-111A USAF - 474TFW/428TFS 67-0072 Crashed on take-off from Takhli AFB [15.12N, 100.18E] when undercarriage collapsed; 2 escaped

16-Mar-73 Cessna 170B Sky of Siam HS-CHD w/o

11-Apr-73 Sikorsky UH-34 Royal Laotian AF Shot down & dbf near Vang Vieng, Nong Khai Province (?); 9 killed

10-May-73 DC-8-33 Thai International HS-TGU Crashed on landing at Katmandu, Nepal; all escaped

22-May-73 F-4 Phantom USAF Crashed near Ban Nong Pai whilst on approach to Udorn AFB; 2 ejected

28-May-73 T-28 Trojan USAF – 56SOW Reported lost in combat in Thailand; 1 killed (Capt. Emmet R. Galbreth II)

29-May-73 Bell UH-1 Thai Army 6102 ? Reported crashed in Bang Lane, Nakhon Pathom

30-May-73 Bell UH-1 Thai Army Crashed on take off from Dongtarn Bay, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province; 5 slightly injured, 4

escaped

05-Jun-73 OV-10A Bronco USAF – 56SOW 67-14671 Crashed on take-off from Nakhon Phanom AFB; 1 killed

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28-Jun-73 Kawasaki KH-4 Thai Police Crashed on take off from Klong Toey, Bangkok; 3 injured

12-Jul-73 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-15/12

18-Aug-73 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-83/11 Crashed at Surin Airport; 1 killed

05-Sep-73 Boeing 727 Air Vietnam Bomb exploded in galley en route Bangkok to Saigon; returned safely to Bangkok

07-Sep-73 Bell 204B N8535F Suffered hard landing at Ramasun Helipad when the tail rotor contacted the ground on a demonstration

autorotation, separating the tail rotor gear box. The aircraft impacted hard and turned right, causing the

skid to collapse and braking the main rotor blades. No injuries. Aircraft was back in service 01-Dec-73

21-Sep-73 F-4 Phantom USAF Crashed 5km south of Ubon AFB on landing; 2 ejected, 2 injured on ground

(Note: this may be confused with F-4D 66-8795 of 8TFW, which crashed 22-Sep-73 at 15.16N, 105.54E,

just inside Laos)

24-Sep-73 Cessna T-37B Thai AF F12-02/04 Exploded & crashed near Wat Manesathit, Muang District, Uthai Thani Province; 1 killed, 1 slightly

injured

25-Sep-73 Lockheed RT-33A Thai AF TF-11-8/13 Repaired

26-Sep-73 F-4D Phantom USAF – 13TFS 66-8747 Crashed on final approach to Udorn AFB [17.21N, 102.51E]; 2 recovered

27-Sep-73 h/c Thai Army Exploded in mid-air at Ban Krabang, Phrom Phiram District, Phitsanulok Province; 12 killed

30-Oct-73 h/c & h/c Thai Army & Thai Police Collided in mid-air in Na Kae District, Nakhon Phanom Province; 4 killed (including provincial

governor), 8 injured

02-Nov-73 A-7D Corsair USAF 70-0938 Crashed 5 miles east of Korat AFB; crew escaped

27-Nov-73 A-7D Corsair USAF – 354TFW 71-0328 Crashed 165km W of Ubon AFB [15.19N, 103.33E] on training mission; 1 killed

01-Dec-73 SIAI SF-260 Thai AF (c/n 14-06) w/o on delivery flight

01-Dec-73 h/c Thai Police Crashed into tree after take off from Ruamwittaya School, Tha Pla District, Uttaradit Province; 2 killed,

14 injured

03-Jan-74 Cessna O-1A (US) Crashed in Nam Pong District, Khon Kaen Province; 2 injured

09-Jan-74 F-4E Phantom USAF 67-0284 Crashed 115 km north of Korat AFB; crew ejected

05-Feb-74 DC-8 JAL Engine disintegrated on take-off from Don Muang; no injuries

15-Feb-74 RF-4C Phantom USAF – 14TRS 66-0451 Crashed 25km SW of Udorn AFB [17.29N, 102.56E] on a training mission; 2 ejected

28-Feb-74 Kawasaki h/c Thai Police Crashed into field & dbf at Tambon Klong Klum, Bangkapi District, Bangkok; 2 seriously injured

09-Apr-74 Stinson 108 Aero Club du Sud Vietnam F-OBDO Crashed into field in Nonthaburi; 2 injured

17-Apr-74 RC3 Seebee Eon Productions N87545 Collided with rock off Phangnga Province; repaired

(Note: filming ‘The Man With The Golden Gun’)

Apr-74 T-28 Trojan Khmer AF O-37691 Crashed & dbf at Udorn

Jun-74 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-26/16

27-Jul-74 "single-engined cropduster" Agriculture & Co-operatives Ministry Crashed into field in Lopburi Province; 2 slightly injured

14-Aug-74 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-21/13 Damaged in ground accident when nose gear retracted on apron; repaired

18-Sep-74 Cessna T-37B Thai AF F12-04/04 Crashed

26-Sep-74 "single-engined a/c" (military) Crashed into wall before take off from airstrip in Uttaradit Province; 3 injured

Sep-74 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-04/04

12-Nov-74 F-4E Phantom USAF - 432TFW 67-0393 Crashed into jungle near Phetchabun, 90km west of Korat AFB (15.00N, 100.56E) on a training mssion; 1

ejected, 1 killed

03-Dec-74 Cessna A-37B Thai AF J6-10/15 / 4332 Crashed

28-Dec-74 2 x F-4E Phantom USAF - 432 TFW 67-0287 & 71-0241 Mid-air collision 155km WSW of Udon AFB [17.05N, 101.37E]; 4 ejected

7-May-12 19


1975 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-08/04 Reported w/o before Jun-75

17-Jan-75 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Thai Police Crashed on landing at Umphang airstrip, Tak Province; 5 killed

24-Jan-75 Sikorsky CH-53C USAF - 56SOW/21SOS 70-1628 Crashed 50km SW of Nakhon Phanom AFB [17.04N, 104.29E]; 4 killed

31-Jan-75 Bell UH-1H + Bell U-1H Thai AF H6-19/12 & H6-26/15 Mid-air collision whilst in formation at Umphur Sangkaburi, Tirapia District, Kanchanaburi Province

02-Mar-75 "single-engined 4-seat a/c" Crashed between Ban Non-Saard & Ban Pluei, Borabue District, Maha Sarakham Province; no trace of

crew found with wreck; a/c painted all black with no markings

07-Apr-75 2 x T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-82/11 & JF13-94/13 Mid-air collision

08-Apr-75 h/c Thai Army Crashed soon after take off from Pookong Telecom Station, Ban Nasiew, Chaiyaphum Province; 1 killed,

6 injured

17-Apr-75 AU-24 Crashed into sea whilst trying to land at Trat; had escaped from Cambodia; 4 killed

29-Apr-75 Douglas C-47 Air America 084 Crash landed at U-Tapao following escape from Saigon

29-Apr-75 Northrop F-5 VNAF Crashed into tree whilst attempting to land on Hwy3 (Sukhumvit) at km293-294; 4 killed

13-May-75 Sikorsky CH-53C USAF – 56SOW/21SOS 68-10933 Crashed in Phannanikhom District, 70km SW of Nakhom Phanom AFB [17.20N, 104.02E]; 23 killed

Jun-75 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-01/04

Aug-75 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-32/16

15-Aug-75 Lockheed U-2 USAF 68-10334 Crashed into sea off Pattani Province, 350 miles S of U-Tapao AFB (Note: 3 x U2 based at U-Tapao)


03-Nov-75 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-02/13 Crashed onto Sanambin Road, Muang District, Chiang Rai Province; 2 killed

26-Dec-75 h/c Thai Police Crashed on take off from Songkhla Stadium; 1 injured

1976 F-105 Thunderchief Crashed in Khao Khoh mountains; wreck found Jul-83

(8-Jan-76) "twin" Wreck of a twin-engined a/c found 5 miles offshore from Ban Maruak, Panare District; believed to be a

US aircraft

10-Jan-76 T-28 Trojan Thai AF Crashed whilst displaying aerobatics in Ubon Ratchathani Province; 2 killed

11-Jun-76 Northrop F-5A Thai AF Kh18-17/17 / 10264 Shot down in Khao Kor mountains, Lomsak District, Phetchabun Province; wreck not found by Mar-82

05-Jul-76 h/c Crashed into field in Muang District, Khon Kaen Province; 4 injured

14-Aug-76 HS748 Thai AW HS-THD Heavy landing at Don Muang

14-Sep-76 Northrop F-5B Thai AF Kh18k-2/09 / 38439 Crashed into field near Nong Prue, 2km S of Nakhon Ratchasima town; 2 killed

22-Sep-76 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-99/14 Crashed

23-Sep-76 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-40/15 Hit tree on take-off from Sakhon Nakhon & dbr

11-Nov-76 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-59/09 Crashed

18-Nov-76 Cessna T-37B Thai AF F12-05/04 Crashed

25-Dec-76 Boeing 707-366C Egyptair SU-AXA Crashed into factory short of runway at Don Muang; 53 on board + 19 on ground killed

Jan-77 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-24/16

11-Jan-77 Fairchild C-123K Thai AF L4K-19/19 Crashed on take off from Don Muang; 4 injured

Feb-77 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-23/16

01-Feb-77 "single-engined a/c" Thai Army or AF Crashed into field at Tambon Koh Sompra, Watphleng District, Ratchaburi Province; 2 killed

10-Feb-77 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-31/16

16-Feb-77 "L-19 Porter" Thai Navy Crashed in bad weather in Budo mountains, Raman District, Yala Province; 1 killed, 2 seriously injured

21-Feb-77 T-28 Trojan Thai AF Shot down into field at Ban Pom Thong, Tambon Pon Thong, Senanikhom sub-district, Ubon Ratchathani

Province; 1 baled out

7-May-12 20


19-Mar-77 Auster J/1N Alpha G-APCY* Emergency landing after lost oil pressure in Tambol Tamnam, Muang District, Phangnga Province; 2

(Australians) slightly injured

(Note: DoA records show 09-Mar-77)

07-Apr-77 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-92/13 Crashed

Apr-77 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF JTh2-06/15 or 25/19 ?

12-Jun-77 Bell 205A-1 Thai Police 1728 Crashed into field in Phitsanulok Province & substantially damaged; 3 escaped (Note: replaced by c/n

30279 as 1728(2))

21-Jun-77 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-103/14 Crashed into field at Banphonsawan, Muang District, Nong Khai Province; 1 killed

21-Jun-77 Douglas C-47 & Fairchild C-123K Thai Army & Thai AF ?? + L4K-2/16 C-47 crashed on take off from Don Muang, and rammed a C-123 (tearing off the starboard wing); 5

killed, 7 seriously injured

27-Jun-77 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-11/96 / 45941* Crashed into field at Lamlukka District, Pathum Thani en route from Udon Thani to Don Muang; 9

escaped

14-Jul-77 Cessna O-1A Thai AF Force landed into field in Minburi; 1 escaped

29-Jul-77 Fairchild C-123K Thai AF L4K-3/16 / 626 Crashed on Ban Maetab mountain, Tambon Don Fai, Mae Tha District, Lampang Province; 6 killed

(Note: C123 '670' still active then)

23-Aug-77 "L-19 Porter" Shot down & crashed into jungle between Mae Sot & Umphang Districts, Tak Province; 2 seriously

injured

08-Sep-77 Bell 212 Thai Army 0721 Crashed into forest in Phuphan mountains, Udon Thani Province; 4 killed.

22-Sep-77 Bell h/c Thai Police Crashed after striking high tension cables at Tambon Suanpakkat, Ron Phibun, Nakhon Si Thammarat

Province; 11 escaped

23-Sep-77 "light recce. a/c" Thai Army Crashed into jungle after lightning strike at Mae Sot District, Tak Province; 2 killed.

24-Sep-77 h/c Thai Police Crashed and dbf in Ranong town.

21-Dec-77 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF Shot down by Khmer Rouge & crashed just in Cambodian territory; 2 bailed out & rescued

12-Oct-77 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Sky of Siam / Avia-Thai HS-CHV Engine exploded, crash landed into a reservoir north of Sri Nakarin Dam, Kanchanaburi Province and

sank; recovered

05-Nov-77 Beech H-18 Sky of Siam HS-CHP Propeller hit ground on take-off in Phetchabun Province; substantially damaged

08-Nov-77 h/c Thai Police Crash landed near Ban Huey Ngo, Pai District, Mae Hong Son Province; 2 escaped.

02-Feb-78 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF JTh2-07/15 / 21312 ? Crashed into sea off Tambon Bothonglarng, Bangsaphanyai District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province; 7

killed; wreck found Apr-78

03-Feb-78 SM1019E & Hughes 300 I-OSWA & 8366 Aircraft collided at Lopburi Army airfield

02-Mar-78 Cessna U-17 Special Warfare Training Centre Crashed onto road during emergency landing between Tambon Paknam District & Muang District, Surat

Thani Province

15-Mar-78 h/c Thai AF Crashed into field in Songkhla Province; 3 seriously injured.

15-Mar-78 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-48/18 / 100937* Crashed on emergency landing at Don Nok AFB, Surat Thani Province after port engine failure; all

escaped

25-Apr-78 ‘jetliner’ Thai International Bomb reported on airliner flying 78 passengers from Bangkok; no bomb found

26-Apr-78 "training a/c" (photo seems to be a

Chipmunk)

Thai AF Crashed at 1610 into ricefield behind market near Don Muang; 2 seriously injured. (Note: possibly a

Chipmunk from the photo)

(1978-80) Cessna U-17 Thai Navy Wreck found Sep-89; 4 killed

30-Apr-78 Beech B-80 Thai AF 04676 Crashed into Songkhla Lake, Songkhla Province; 6 dead.

May-78 Chantra Thai AF F17-2/17

21-Jun-78 Cessna O-1 Crashed into Ping River, Tambon Khao Din, Khao Liew District, Nakhon Sawan Province; 1 escaped

7-May-12 21


22-Jun-78 Cessna A-37B Thai AF J6-11/15 / 40333 Crashed into field and dbf at Tambon Noenpor, Sam Ngarm District, Phichit Province; 2 escaped

14-Jul-78 Cessna 170B HS-CHC* Emergency landing in Chiang Mai Province

18-Aug-78 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF JTh2-14/19 or 30/19 Crashed after take-off from a military airfield and dbf at Muang District, Phitsanulok Province; 2 killed

29-Sep-78 Sikorsky S-58E/T PK-UHW Ran out of fuel and crashed into sea 100 miles off Songkhla Province; 2 escaped

(Note: DoA records show 30-Sep-78)

06-Nov-78 Merlin 4A Thai AF 21-111 Crashed on take-off at 1930 into field at Muang District, Sakhon Nakhon Province; 5 killed (3 pilots, 2

flight mechanics)

Dec-78 Cessna T-41D Thai AF 8969

14-Jan-79 h/c Thai AF Crashed and dbf shortly after take-off from a teachers college at Chachoengsao Province; 3 killed, 6

seriously injured, 6 escaped

21-Jan-79 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF JTh2-32/19 / 42091 Crashed into bush and dbf 2km N of an airstrip in Sakhon Nakhon Province; 4 killed.

04-Mar-79 Airtourer CATC HS-TCM Force landed on beach after engine failure near Hua Hin

05-Apr-79 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-26/02 Hit by car and w/o

15-May-79 Bell 205A Thai Police Crashed in Na Thawi District, Songkhla Province; 8 seriously injured.

25-Aug-79 Seneca HS-CHK Overan runway on landing at Hua Hin

01-Sep-79 Antonov An-26 RDPL-34037 Emergency landing in cornfield in Ban Mai in Nam Pard district, Uttaradit Province after getting lost in

rainstorm, en route Hanoi to Vientiane; 74 on board uninjured

16-Oct-79 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-12/14 Crashed and dbf near Chiang Mai Airport; 2 killed.

22-Oct-79 Dornier Do28 Sky of Siam HS-CHI Crash landed on army shooting range, Kanchanaburi Province

(Note: A/c was hired from Fah Sayarm Co by Office of Royally-Sponsored Artificial Rain)

07-Nov-79 Airtourer CATC HS-TCL Pilot hit by propeller & seriously injured; aircraft repaired

19-Dec-79 ? Cessna U-17 Thai Navy Crashed in Khao Yai, Phom Kiri District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province; 5 killed.

Jan-80 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-26/16

18-Jan-80 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-13/96 Crashed into sea off Nok Island, Si Racha District, Chonburi Province; 5 killed.

22-Mar-80 Cessna T-41D Thai AF 8971 Crashed on take-off from 4 Army Region Airfield, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province; 4 seriously injured

06-Apr-80 Cessna T337H-SP Thai Navy N1467S Lost in Pacific on dd en route San Francisco, Ca. to Honolulu, Hi.

23-Apr-80 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-28/15 / ‘20335’ Crashed near Khampaeng Saen

27-Apr-80 HS748 Thai AW HS-THB Crashed 13km north of Don Muang whilst landing; 43 killed; 9 escaped.

19-May-80 T-28 Trojan Thai AF Crashed into field in Muang District, Ubon Ratchathani Province; 1 injured.

04-Jun-80 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Thai Police Crashed in Umphang District, Tak Province; 9 killed.

21-Jun-80 HS748 Thai AW HS-THG Veered off runway into ditch at Chiang Rai Airport; 12 injured, 9 escaped.

24-Jun-80 h/c Thai AF Shot down by Vietnamese at Nak Nun; I killed; 3 wounded

24-Jun-80 T-28 Trojan Thai AF Shot down by Vietnamese at Nak Nun; 2 killed

02-Jul-80 Douglas C-47 Thai Navy Crashed into sea 60 miles off Prachuap Khiri Khan Province; 2 missing, 19 escaped.

03-Jul-80 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-16/15 Crashed

08-Aug-80 "training a/c" Thai Navy ? Crashed shortly after take-off in Chonburi Province; 2 killed.

28-Aug-80 2 x Northrop F-5A Thai AF Kh18-6/10 / 21237 + Kh18-

10/14 / 01390

Collided & both plunged into sea off Koh Kut, Klong Yai District, Trat Province; 2 killed.

28-Aug-80 Northrop F-5B Thai AF Believed shot down near Cambodian border; 2 killed

28-Aug-80 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-16/15 Disappeared near Koh Kut

7-May-12 22


06-Oct-80 h/c (probably UH-1H H6-27/15) Thai AF Crashed at Tambon Mamung, Waeng District, Narathiwat Province; 6 killed, 1 escaped.

Nov-80 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-30/16

26-Nov-80 Cessna 310F Thai Police 701 Crashed into sea off Hua Hin; 1 killed, 1 seriously injured.

15-Dec-80 Cessna O-1 Thai Army 7455 Crashed into mountain in Sankarakhiri range, Pattani Province; 2 killed; wreck found Oct-81.

10-Feb-81 Cessna T337H-SP Thai Navy Crashed into Gulf of Thailand off Prachuap Khiri Khan Province; 4 killed

(Note: 6 Cessna T-337SP ordered from USA Sep-80; 5 delivered, 1 lost in Pacific)

20-Feb-81 Bell UH-1 Thai Army Crashed in Khien Sa District, Surat Thani Province; 12 killed.

24-Mar-81 Northrop F-5F Thai AF Kh18Kh2-1/21 / 61611 Crashed 3km from Wing 1 base, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; 2 killed.

02-May-81 Fairchild C-123K Thai AF L4K-7/16 Damaged in rainstorm

03-May-81 Bell UH-1 & Kawasaki h/c Thai Army & ???? Crashed into Lamtakhong Reservoir, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; wreck of UH-1

recovered Jul-81, Kawasaki not found; 1 killed, 4 injured

04-Aug-81 Bell 205A-1 Thai Police 1734 Crashed at Ban Pamieng, Chaehon District, Lampang Province; 11 escaped.

09-Aug-81 Musketeer 23A HS-ATA Skidded off runway on landing at a military airport in Roi Et Province


05-Sep-81 Bell 205A-1 Thai Police 1719 Crashed in Mae Soon valley, Doi Ang Khang, Fang District, Chiang Mai Province; 11 killed

(Note: Bell 205 '1720' current then)

19-Sep-81 Northrop F-5A Thai AF Kh18-16/17 / 10263 Crashed into Chao Phya River near Rama VI bridge, Bangkok during display; 1 killed

05-Feb-82 h/c Thai Army Crashed at Tung Sarn village, Prompiram District, Phitsanulok Province; 4 seriously injured.

11-Feb-82 Antonov An-26 Vietnamese AF 26264 Forced down by 2 RTAF F-5E’s near Sa Keao whilst on intelligence-gathering mission; 13 crew of which 1

killed and 2/3 injured; crews returned by Vietnam AL VN832 21-May-82

06-Apr-82 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF - Wing 46 J5-03/14 ?? Crashed at Pibulsongkram Teachers College, Phitsanulok Province; 1 killed

30-Apr-82 Sikorsky S-76A Okanagan C-GIMF Crashed into Gulf of Thailand 70 nm offshore; 13 killed

04-Jun-82 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-117/18 Crashed in Nong Harn District, Udon Thani Province; 2 killed

09-Jun-82 Aztec 250 CATC HS-TCZ Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Hua Hin

24-Jul-82 Bell UH-1 Thai Army Crashed in Kok Samrong District, Lopburi Province; 3 killed, 6 injured

26-Jul-82 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF JTh2-03/15 / 21306 ? Crashed at gunnery range in Khok Samrong District, Lopburi Province; 2 killed

03-Aug-82 Chantra Thai AF F17-5/17 Crash landed off Ram Indra Road, Bang Khen, Bangkok; 1 injured

05-Aug-82 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Thai Police 1608* Crashed at Tambon Rin Tai, Maerim District, Chiang Mai Province; 3 injured

(Note: presumably repaired because '1608' still current 1995)

12-Aug-82 Casa & Airtruk & UH-1 Casa crashed into the other two a/c whilst taxying at Agricultural Centre airstrip, Nakhon Sawan

Province; Airtruk dbr, Casa & UH-1 repaired; no injuries

13-Sep-82 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed in Pakpli District, Nakhon Nayok Province; 2 seriously injured.

20-Sep-82 Merlin 4A Thai AF 29-999 Crashed and dbf on following engine failure on take-off from Hat Yai Airport; 4 crew & 8 passengers

escaped

(Note: bought by Thai AF 1979)

27-Sep-82 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-47/18 Damaged on landing; repaired

29-Sep-82 Merlin 3 Royal Thai Survey Dept. 00348 Crashed on landing at Takhli AFB; 5 escaped.

15-Oct-82 Bell 212 Thai AF - Royal Flight H6k-1/19 Crashed following engine failure & seriously damaged at Tambon Ouamnoi, Krathum Baen District,

Samut Songkram Province; 1 (co-pilot) seriously injured, 9 escaped; repaired by 1985.

21-Oct-82 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-108/14 Crashed into house in Town District, Udon Thani Province shortly after take off; 2 killed.

28-Oct-82 Cessna 150B CATC HS-TCW Nose gear failed on take off; repaired

7-May-12 23


28-Nov-82 Bell UH-1 Thai Army Shot down in Ban Thad mountains; 2 killed, 3 injured

12-Dec-82 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 15849 Crashed at Pua District, Nan Province; 2 seriously injured.

28-Feb-83 T-28 Trojan Thai AF JF13-86/11 Crashed near Udon Thani-Loei Road, Nadi District, Udon Thani Province; 1 killed

(Note: Thai AF received 40 T-28 in 1962; also reported as 01-Mar-83)

08-Apr-83 Cessna A-37B Thai AF J6-3/15 / 21113 Shot down by Vietnamese; 2 killed

06-May-83 Fairchild C-123K Thai AF L4K-12/18 Broke up or exploded at 500ft. on missed approach to Takhli AFB; 31 killed

(Note: 20 C-123 still in service then).

10-May-83 Cessna U-17 Thai Army Crashed in Nan Province; 2 killed.

08-Jun-83 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 23411 Crashed near Tambon Hua Talay, Muang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, when main blade split;

11 killed

15-Jun-83 H-36 Dimona Thai AF Force landed near Bang Na-Trat highway, Bang Pli District, Bangkok; repaired

(Note: bought Mar-83)

28-Jun-83 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed at Huay Takian village, near Uttaradit; 2 killed.


24-Jul-83 Cessna 150M CATC HS-TCS Crashed on landing at Hua Hin; repaired

09-Aug-83 Douglas C-47 Thai AF - Wing 21 L2-30/07 / 641 Crashed in Muang District on take-off from Ubon Rathathani; 5 crew + 4 on ground killed.

10-Dec-83 AA-1C Lynx CATC HS-TCX Passenger walked into moving propeller & seriously injured

23-Dec-83 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-29/25 Exploded & crashed in Bua Yai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; 2 ejected safely.

28-Dec-83 "recce. a/c" Thai Army Crash landed in Na Noi District, Nan Province; 4 seriously injured.

19-Jan-84 "Avro" (HS748 ?) Thai AF Belly landed at Don Muang; 2 escaped

28-Feb-84 Douglas C-47 Thai AF 680 Port engine failed, and whilst attempting to return to Sakhon Nakhon the starboard engine also failed;

crashed into Nong Harn reservoir, Sakon Nakhon town; 12 escaped

(Note: see also 22-Sep-84)

19-Mar-84 h/c (Bell UH-1H ?) Thai Army 735 (5735 ?) Crashed on landing at airstrip at Ban Na San District, Surat Thani Province; 3 killed, 1escaped

15-Apr-84 Cessna A-37B Thai AF J6-1/15 / 21111 Crashed & dbf on bombing mission in Yala Province, possibly shot down by Communist Party of

Malaysia groundfire; 2 killed

16-Apr-84 Cessna O-1 Thai AF Shot down by Vietnamese in Surin Province; 1 killed, 1 escaped

28-Apr-84 DHC Chipmunk Thai AF - Wing 6 Hit power cables, crashed & dbf into field in Tambon Sai Kong Din, Minburi, Bangkok; 1 killed

16-May-84 h/c Thai Army Crashed into field in Lopburi Province; 5 injured

03-Jun-84 Chantra Thai AF F17-8/17 Emergency landing at housing estate in Bang Khun Thian District, Thonburi; 1 escaped; a/c repaired

15-Jun-84 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-10/13 Four T-37’s involved in a mid-air collision during a join up after take-off from Khampaeng Saen.. #4

(10/13) hit #3 (09/13) and lead aircraft #1 (06/04). The pilot of #4 lost control and ejected to safety, whilst

#4 crashed & was dbf in Song Phi Wong District, Suphanburi Province. Lead #1 and #3 landed safely

with heavy damage to both aircraft. #2 broke out of the formation and escaped the accident

07-Jul-84 Cessna O-1 Thai AF Shot down by Vietnamese on Cambodian border

22-Jul-84 Aero Commander 680T Thai Flying Services HS-TFB Crashed 12km north of Don Muang; 3 killed, 4 injured

16-Aug-84 h/c Bangladesh AF Emergency landing at an airstrip in Mae Sot; 6 escaped

(Note: h/c en route to Singapore for overhaul)

15-Sep-84 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Thai Police 1607 Crashed into field on take off & dbf in Tak Province (Flight reports Nong Bua Tai); 8 killed

22-Sep-84 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-4/90 / 680 Starboard tyre blew out on landing at Surin, slid of runway and into ditch

(Note: see also 28-Feb-84)

25-Sep-84 Cessna T-41 Thai Army Crashed into sea 4km off Koh Kham, Songkhla Province; 4 killed

7-May-12 24


08-Oct-84 Aztec 250 CATC HS-TCY Belly landed at Hua Hin; repaired

28-Oct-84 h/c Thai Police Crashed in Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province; 5 killed

12-Dec-84 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-04/11 Crashed at Tambon Bang Khoo, Tha Wung District, Lopburi Province; 1 killed, 1 injured

18-Dec-84 Douglas C-47 Thai Navy Crashed & dbf on take off from Songkhla Naval Station; 2 injured

08-Jan-85 Cessna A-37B Thai AF J6-4/15 / 21114 Shot down by Vietnamese at Ampil; 1 killed, 1 survived

08-Jan-85 Fokker F-27 Thai Navy 10665 Crashed on landing at Don Muang; 8 injured (Note: photo shows code ? '599')

17-Jan-85 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-6/90 / 536 Slid off left side of runway and hit bunker whilst landing at Lopburi

02-Feb-85 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-06/12

03-Feb-85 Cessna A-37 Thai AF w/o

(4-Feb-85) h/c Thai Army Rotor blades hit tree and crashed at Betong, Yala Province (?); all escaped

06-Feb-85 Bell UH-1H Thai AF Crashed into field in Tambon Sa-nga Ban, Doi Salet District, Chiang Mai Province; 6 injured, 1 escaped

15-Apr-85 Boeing 737-2P5 Thai AW HS-TBB Crashed in Thai Muang District, Phangnga Province whilst on approach to Phuket; 11 killed

30-May-85 Bell UH-1H Thai Police 1704 Crashed in road in Tambon Ban Mai, Tha Muang District, Kanchanaburi Province; 4 escaped; repaired

(active Oct-00)

10-Jul-85 Fairchild C-123K Thai AF L4K-7/16 Left undercarriage collapsed on landing at U-Tapao AFB

16-Jul-85 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed into football field in military barracks in Muang District, Buriram Province; 2 killed

25-Oct-85 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-39/26 Crashed at Village 7, Tambon Klong Hoikiong, Hat Yai; 2 killed

28-Oct-85 Northrop F-5F Thai AF -102 Sqdn Kh18Kh2-3/21 / 61613 ?? Tyre burst on landing at Don Muang; 1 escaped

06-Nov-85 Cessna 150J & Bell 212 CATC & Thai Police HS-TCQ + ?? Cessna 150 crashed on landing at Hua Hin due to wake turbulence caused by Bell 212 landing close

upwind; Bell 212 also damaged

17-Jan-86 h/c Thai Army Crashed at Betong Airport; 10 killed, 5 injured

26-Jan-86 Lockheed RT-33A Thai AF TF11-7/10 Damaged at Don Muang; repaired

28-Jan-86 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-33/26 Exploded in mid air and crashed into field south of Hat Yai Airport; 1 killed, 1 baled out

19-Apr-86 AA-5B Tiger HS-ATO Force landed at Lumut Naval Base, Perak, Malaysia after engine failure; possibly on delivery

16-May-86 h/c Thai Army Crashed & dbf into hill in Tak Fah District, Nakhon Sawan Province; 7 killed

23-May-86 h/c Thai Army Crashed into field & dbf on landing at Ban Wiang Haeng, Wiang Haeng sub-district, Chiang Mai

Province; 4 escaped

01-Jun-86 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 6067 Crashed at Ban Klong Hard, Prachinburi Province; 7 escaped

15-Jun-86 Bell h/c Thai AF Crashed & dbf at Chai Badarn District, Lopburi Province; 2 seriously injured, 9 escaped

16-Jun-86 Sikorsky h/c Thai AF - Wing 216 ? Crashed on take off from Surin AFB; 2 escaped

10-Sep-86 Bell 212 Thai Army 30928 Crashed on take off from Ban Kruat District, Buriram Province; all escaped; repaired

26-Oct-86 Airbus A-300B-4 Thai International HS-TAE* Hand grenade exploded on board over western Japan; landed safely at Osaka; 62 injured

28-Nov-86 Bell 47G EGAT HS-YHA Crashed on landing at Patthana 2 Road, Taling Chan Distict, Thonburi; 1 seriously injured, 2 escaped

(Note: h/c 2 years old, one of four used by EGAT)

29-Nov-86 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed into hill in Pua District, Nan Province; 1 killed, 1 injured

14-Dec-86 Bell UH-1H Thai AF Crashed near National Library, Tha Vasukree, Bangkok; 1 killed, 2 injured

1987 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-08/14

1987 Bell 214ST Thai Navy 416 W/o in ground accident

02-Jan-87 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Damaged by ground fire near Cambodian border, and crashed into field 1km west of Wattana Nakhon

AFB; 1 killed, 1 seriously injured

7-May-12 25


15-Jan-87 Bell 214ST Thai Army 28134 Crashed into forest in Chiang Muan District, Phayao Province; 6 injured

25-Jan-87 Northrop RF-5A Thai AF TKh18-4/13 / 97159 Suffered engine fire on take-off from Udon Thani

09-Mar-87 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-32/26

27-Mar-87 2 x Northrop F-5A + 1 x Northrop

RF-5A

Thai AF - Wing 23 Kh18-14/17 / 38375 +

Kh18-18/17 / 10265 +

TKh18-1/13 / 97154

All crashed into mountain in Klang Dong, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; 3 killed

(Note: Thai AF had 14 F-5A in service then

27-Mar-87 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-21/23 Crashed into field near Muang Ek housing estate, north of Don Muang Airport after mid-air collision with

2nd T-37 during airshow; 1 ejected; 1 killed

(Note: code '21' visible on photo)

28-Mar-87 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed & dbf 2km from Phayao Police Station, Phayao Province; 1 killed, 1 seriously injured

11-Apr-87 Mooney M20J HS-ATM Crashed on landing at Bangphra

28-Apr-87 HS748 Thai AW HS-THI Belly landed at Chiang Rai Airport; no injuries

08-May-87 Cessna O-1 Thai Army 5021* Emergency landing at Tambon Bang Khu Kod, Muang District, Pathum Thani Province; repaired

30-Jun-87 Bell UH-1H Thai Army Crashed into sea off Chiya District, Surat Thani Province; 11 killed, 2 escaped

07-Jul-87 Bell UH-1H Thai Army (or Police) Crashed near Army base in Muang District, Chiang Mai Province; 2 killed, 4 injured


30-Jul-87 Grumman S-2F Thai Navy 447 ? Crashed & dbf whilst forced landing at U-Tapao AFB during air display; 4 killed, 2 seriously injured

(Note: photo of 'similar' S-2F '6477')

11-Aug-87 Sikorsky S-58T Thai AF Crashed into swamp in Tambon Ban Lat, Tha Wung District, Lopburi Province; 7 killed

31-Aug-87 Boeing 737-2P5 Thai AW HS-TBC Crashed into sea 8km off Phuket on approach; 74 killed

15-Sep-87 Lockheed T-33 Thai AF Crashed into sea 11 miles off Koh Noo, Songkhla Province; 1 killed

11-Nov-87 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 6030 Crashed at Special Warfare Centre, Lopburi; 1 killed, 11 injured

(2-Dec-87) "WW2 transport" Japanese AF Wreck found in Bo Rai District; Uthai Thani Province; 6 bodies

07-Dec-87 HS748 Thai AW HS-THH Overan runway at Udon Thani Airport and undercarriage collapsed

????? Bell UH-1H Thai Police 1711 Wreck noted 1988

03-Feb-88 Northrop F-5E Thai AF Shot down at Na Kok; 1 survivor

08-Feb-88 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-34/13 Dbr after landing at Don Muang

13-Feb-88 Northrop F-5B Thai AF Kh18k-4/25 / 00778 Hit by Lao SAM7 & starboard engine destroyed; recovered to Udon Thani & repaired

14-Feb-88 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF Shot down near Laos/Thai border; small parts in museum at Phonkieng Camp, Vientiane

24-Feb-88 h/c Thai Army Crashed at Huey Kee-ling forest, Phu-rua District, Loei Province; 6 injured

31-May-88 Sikorsky S-58T Airfast PK-OBS Crashed on take off from Phu Kradueng mountain, Loei Province

28-Jun-88 Bell UH-1 Thai Army 298 Crashed in Minburi, 18 km east of Don Muang during rainstorm; 6 killed

(Note: also reported as 29-Jun-88)


22-Jul-88 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF Crashed into mountain in Huey Tangtao range, Hang Shat District, Lampang Province; 2 killed

31-Aug-88 Lockheed RT-33A Thai AF TF11-7/10

Aug-88 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-13/14

09-Sep-88 Tupolev Tu-134A Air Vietnam VN-A102* Crashed in Pathum Thani Province, 7km north of Don Muang, in thunderstorm and strong winds; 76

killed, 5 escaped

09-Oct-88 Boeing 747 Garuda PK-GSA Halted too late when nosing up to terminal and embedded its nose 2m inside building; 3 injured

7-May-12 26


20-Oct-88 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF Crashed into sea off Prachuab Khiri Khan; 1 baled out

15-Nov-88 Northrop F-5C Thai AF Kh18-9/12 / 69129 Crashed 800m from Khao Laem airfield, Tambon Huay Huen, Chai Badan District, Lopburi Province; 1

killed

14-Dec-88 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-33/18

05-Jan-89 "single-engined a/c" (possibly AU-

23A ‘21305’)

Thai AF Crashed on take off from an airfield in Muang District, Trat Province; 2 killed

10-Jan-89 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Hit power cables and crashed into field at Bangkapi, Bangkok; 2 killed

17-Jan-89 Hiller UH-12E CATC HS-TZA Hit HT cables and crashed near Hua Hin

17-Jan-89 Hiller UH-12E Thai Police Crashed at Cha Am, 6.5km north west of Hua Hin Airport

30-Jan-89 Bell UH-1 Thai Army Crashed into mountain at Doi Muser, Tambon Mae Thor, Muang District, Tak Province; 7 killed

21-Mar-89 "single homebuilt a/c" Crashed into field in Lopburi Province; 1 killed

(Note: photo shows an "Optica"-type layout)

09-Apr-89 DHC Chipmunk Thai AF F9-63/97 Force-landed and wing ripped off in Village 16, Ban Klong Kwang, Bang Pakong, Chachoengsao

Province; 2 escaped

06-Jun-89 SIAI SF-260 Thai AF - 604 Sqdn Crashed 10km from Bang Na-Trat highway, at Tambon Raja Theva, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan; 3

escaped

27-Jun-89 Boeing 747-200 Thai International HS-TGB Wingtip damaged when it struck the tail of British Airways Boeing 757 G-BMRH whilst taxying at

London Heathrow

27-Jul-89 Sikorsky h/c Thai AF Crashed & dbf at Ban Pangkae, Thung Chang District, Nan Province; 3 killed, 15 injured

Aug-89 Fantrainer 600 Thai AF F18k-14/30

29-Oct-89 AA-5A Cheetah HS-ATI Force-landed on beach after engine failure on take-off from Bangphra

07-Dec-89 Grumman S-2F Thai Navy Crashed into sea 2km off Sakon Beach, Tepa District, Songkhla Province; 4 killed

(Note: also reported as 06-Dec)

12-Jan-90 Bell 212 Thai Army 30928 Crashed into Khao Maruk mountain, Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province; 3 seriously

injured, 6 escaped

29-Jan-90 Fletcher Fu-24 Kaset 606 Crashed into lychee plantation at Doi Pui, Chiang Mai Province; 1 injured

(Note: date 04-Feb-90 from Bangkok Post report)

15-Mar-90 Cessna 150B CATC HS-TCT Nose and propeller damaged after hard landing at Hua Hin

28-Mar-90 Fletcher Fu-24 Kaset 609 Crashed at Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai Province; 1 killed

(Note: 6 Fu-24 bought)

28-Mar-90 h/c Singapore AF Crashed into farm at Tambon Buddhajan, Phra Buddhabart District, Saraburi Province; 2 injured, 2

escaped

24-Apr-90 Cessna A-37B Thai AF J6-6/15 / 21122 Crashed at Chai Badan District, Lopburi Province; 1 killed

05-May-90 Grob G109 HS-ATN Force landed after engine failure near Bangphra Reservoir

18-Jul-90 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-13/12 Crashed at Doi Chang, Sop Prap District, Lampang Province; 1 killed, 4 injured

31-Jul-90 Bell h/c Thai Army Crashed at Thai-Lao border post, Phitsanulok Province; 1 killed, 7 injured

??-Sep-90 Boeing 747-400 & Galaxy Qantas & USAF Airmiss in cloud over Phuket

11-Nov-90 Airbus A300 Thai International Hijacked on Bangkok to Rangoon flight; forced to land at Calcutta; no damage or injuries

21-Nov-90 DHC-8 Bangkok AW HS-SKI* Crashed at Chaweng Noi Beach, 10km from Koh Samui Airport; 38 killed

24-Nov-90 Mooney M20J HS-ATA Undercarriage hit HT cables on approach to Bangphra & crashed short of runway

12-Jan-91 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-36/18

19-Jan-91 Cherokee 235 HS-ATF Crashed onto golf course near Bangphra after fuel selector turned off

7-May-12 27


23-Jan-91 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Emergency landing onto a road in Cambodia; believed repaired and returned; 2 escaped

06-Feb-91 Fletcher Fu-24 Kaset Crashed on Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai Province; 2 injured; believed repaired

(Note: this may be Turbo-Porter 1315 reported w/o Feb-91)

18-Feb-91 h/c Thai Army Crashed near Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai Province; 1 escaped, 5 seriously injured

24-Mar-91 Cessna T-41D Thai AF 8976 Crashed at Don Muang; 2 seriously injured

10-Apr-91 Bell UH-1 Thai Army Crashed in Bo Klua sub-district; Nan Province; 14 killed

17-Apr-91 Cessna A-37B Thai AF J6-5/15 / 21121 Suffered in-flight fire in port engine and crashed; repaired sufficiently for static display at Takhli

06-May-91 h/c Thai Army Crashed on take-off at Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai Province; 10 escaped

26-May-91 Boeing 767-3Z9ER Lauda Air OE-LAV Crashed in Dan Chang District, Sophan Buri Province (30km NW of Bangkok); 223 killed

18-Jul-91 Bell 212 Thai Army 31281 Crash landed in Ban Mi District, Lopburi Province; 3 killed

24-Sep-91 Northrop F-5A Thai AF - Wing 23 Kh18-12/14 / 01392 Crashed at Muang Kom, Lopburi Province; 1 killed

21-Oct-91 Hiller UH-12E CATC HS-TZC Crashed into reservoir near Hua Hin

14-Dec-91 Rotorway Exec 90 Kasetsart University -

Faculty of Engineering

0734-005* Crashed into field in Kamphaengsaen District, Nakhon Pathom Province; 2 killed

19-Dec-91 Cessna O-1 Thai Army 2559* Crashed into field and overturned at Tambon Sakom, Chana District, Songkhla Province; 2 escaped

1992 ? Rotorway Exec 90 Kasetsart University - Faculty of Engineering Crashed at Chachoengsao

21-Jan-92 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-41/15 / 210 Crashed on landing at Don Muang & slid off the left side of runway into fence & drainage channel

24-Jan-92 Cessna T-41 Thai Army Crashed shortly after take-off from Thanarat airfield, Pran Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province; 4

killed

Feb-92 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Kaset 1317

17-Feb-92 "trainer" (possibly Fantrainer 600

F18K-07/30)

Thai AF Crashed near Ban Nam Lat, Lao Kwan District, Kanchanaburi Province; 2 killed

26-Feb-92 H-36 Dimona Thai AF R1-9/27 / 537* Emergency landing into field off Ram Intra Road, Bung Kum District, Bangkok; 2 escaped

13-Jun-92 Cherokee 161 CATC HS-TCC Force landed near Hua Hin

31-Jul-92 A310-304 Thai International HS-TID Crashed near Katmandu

07-Sep-92 Robinson R-22 CATC HS-TZG Crashed on landing at Hua Hin

16-Sep-92 Cessna 150M CATC HS-TCK Landed short of runway at Hua Hin; repaired

14-Oct-92 Northrop RF-5A Thai AF TKh18-2/13 / 97157 Destroyed by fire following wheels-up landing at Udon Thani

20-Oct-92 Pilatus PC-9 Thai AF F19-18/35 ? Crashed at Tambon Chom Pluak, Bang Khonthi District, Samut Songkhram Province; 1 seriously injured

(Note: aircraft put into service 20-Apr-92)

21-Oct-92 Pilatus PC-9 Thai AF F19-14/34 Heavily damaged following wheels-up landing

03-Nov-92 Cessna O-1 Thai Army 104* Crashed into ditch and overturned in Wattana Nakhon District, Prachinburi Province; 1 injured

25-Nov-92 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-37/26 Hat Yai

05-Jan-93 Chantra Thai AF Crashed onto runway at Don Muang; 2 seriously injured

07-Jan-93 Cessna O-1 Thai Navy Emergency landing into field at Lam Lookka District, Pathum Thani Province; 2 escaped

12-Mar-93 "twin" Crashed into Takienthong mountain, Chantaburi Province whilst cloud-seeding; 2 killed

15-Mar-93 Hiller UH-12E CATC HS-TZF Force landed onto helipad near Hua Hin

30-Mar-93 Boeing 737-3Z6 Thai AF 33-333 Crashed 7km from Khon Kaen Airport on landing; 6 killed

02-Jun-93 Jet Ranger Thai Police 2314 Crashed on landing at Police HQ, Phunphin District, Surat Thani Province; 1 injured, 3 escaped

7-May-12 28


10-Jul-93 Douglas C-47 Thai AF L2-7/90 / 106 Right tyre burst on landing & prop hit ground at Korat; repaired

28-Jul-93 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed at Lopburi during demonstration flight; 3 killed

07-Oct-93 Northrop F-5E Thai AF - Wing 71 Kh18Kh-15/21 / 80771 Crashed into sea 30 miles south of Koh Samui; 1 killed (Note: bought 1979)

20-Oct-93 "trainer" (possibly Fantrainer 400

F18-07/35)

Crashed at Tambon Tung Bua, Kamphaengsaen District, Nakhon Pathom Province; 2 killed

25-Oct-93 Bandeirante Bangkok AW HS-SKL Belly landed at Don Muang; 3 escaped

17-Dec-93 Lockheed T-33A Thai AF F11-34/26 Fire in cockpit

1994 Nomad Thai Navy 212 Accident reported near U-Tapao

16-Feb-94 Fantrainer 400 Thai AF F18-09/35 Forced landing near Phitsanulok due to oil system malfunction; minor damage & repaired

22-Mar-94 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-14/14 Crashed into shop on San Kamphaeng Doi Saked Road, Chiang Mai; 1 killed

17-Jun-94 h/c Thai Police Crashed into tree on take-off from a football field in Sabayoy District, Songkhla Province; 14 escaped

(Note: h/c bought 6 years before)

30-Jun-94 Airbus A330 Thai International HS-TEA Dbf on the ground before delivery at Toulouse, France

11-Aug-94 Cessna T-37C Thai AF F12-19/23 Crashed into field at Tambon Wangyen, Muang District, Nakhon Pathom Province shortly after take-off

from Kamphaeng Saen AFB; 1 injured

19-Aug-94 Socata TB-20 HS-ATU* Crashed into valley on Hill 408, Doi Phya Por on border of Sung Men District, Phrae Province and Tha

Pla District, Uttaradit Province; 2 killed

22-Oct-94 MD-11 + Airbus A300 Thai International HS-TMD + HS-THO MD-11 rammed A300 on the ground at Don Muang. A300 w/o; MD-11 out-of-service for over a year

Nov-94 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF J5-15/14

27-Dec-94 "2-seat trainer" (possibly Fantrainer

600 F18K-01/27)

Thai AF Crashed at Tambon Nong Yaphong, Taptan District, Uthai Thani Province; 2 killed

Jan-95 Bell UH-1H Thai Police 1706

01-Mar-95 Pilatus PC-9 Thai AF F19-17/35 Crashed

19-Mar-95 "2-seat light a/c" (possibly Turbo-

Porter)

Kaset 1313 ?? Crash landed in a field at Ban Maelainua, Hod District, Chiang Mai; 2 slightly injured

(Note: a/c reported to be 20 years old, and one of four used to combat forest fires)

22-May-95 Cessna T337H-SP Thai Navy - U-Tapao Wing

Centre

Crashed into field north of Rayong Province; 2 killed

30-May-95 h/c Thai AF Crashed into field at Tambon Pak Khwae, Muang District, Sukothai; 5 killed

28-Jun-95 Cessna O-1 Thai Army 1620* Skidded off runway on landing at Chiang Mai; 2 escaped; repaired

24-Jul-95 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 22484 + ? Collided with another UH-1H near Nong Phan Phuk, Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province; 4

killed; 2nd helicopter landed safely

31-Jul-95 Bell UH-1D Thai Army Crashed near Thai-Lao border

24-Sep-95 Cessna 150H Thai Flying Club HS-ATE* Force landed & w/o near Bangphra; 2 escaped

22-Oct-95 "unlicensed private plane" Crashed into house in Muang District, Yasothorn; 1 injured

02-Nov-95 Bell UH-1H Thai AF - Wing 21 H6-32/16 Crashed into reservoir at Sirindhorn Dam, Ubon Ratchathani Province; 4 killed, 7 injured

08-Nov-95 Northrop F-5A Thai AF - Wing 23 Kh18-11/14 / 01391 Crashed into lake at Tambon Thung Hua Tha-le, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; 1 killed

(Note: 7th F-5 crash since 1971)

11-Nov-95 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Thai Police 1603* (wreck noted Nov-95; was active Jul-95)

????? Bell 206 Thai Army Wreck noted on trailer at Lopburi 21-Jan-96

????? CT/4 Airtrainer Thai AF F16-029/35 Wreck noted Jan-96

08-Jan-96 Northrop F-5E Thai AF Kh18Kh-4/21 / 61667 Crashed into Gulf of Thailand off Prachuap Khiri Khan Province; 1 killed

7-May-12 29


17-Jan-96 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 7000 Hit power lines in thick fog and crashed at Ban Pai Kwang, Tambon Ban Berk, Tha Wung District,

Lopburi Province; 4 killed

17-Jan-96 "rented h/c" Crashed in Lampang Province; 3 injured

18-Jan-96 Cessna O-1 Thai Army Crashed onto Grand Garden Golf Course, Tambon Lat Ya, Muang District, Kanchanaburi Province; 2

injured

27-Feb-96 Robinson R-22 CATC HS-TZL Crashed near Hua Hin

04-Mar-96 Fletcher Fu-24 Thai Army (Kaset ?) Crashed at Nong Phailom, Muang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; 2 killed

05-Mar-96 Aero L-39ZA Thai AF - 401 Sqdn KhF1-32/37 / 40132 Crashed onto Thupatemi golf course, Don Muang; 2 killed

mid-1996 Cessna T-41D Thai AF 8970* Wreck f/n at Don Muang Jun-96

07-Jun-96 Robinson R-22 CATC HS-TZK W/o at Cha-am

14-Jul-96 Mooney M20J HS-ATX* Badly damaged when landed wheels up whilst performing circuits at Bangphra

04-Sep-96 Aero L-39ZA Thai AF - 401 Sqdn KhF1-18/37 Crashed in Kham Thale So District, Nakhon Ratchasima, 10km from Korat AFB; 2 escaped

29-Nov-96 h/c Thai AF Crashed onto the runway at Wing 56 airport, Songkhla; 5 killed, 2 injured

31-Dec-96 Northrop F-5E Thai AF Kh18Kh-3/21 / 61666 ?? Crashed into a mango plantation in Wihan Daeng District, Saraburi; 1 escaped

27-Jan-97 Seneca 200T Thai Flying Services HS-TFA w/o

19-Mar-97 h/c Thai AF or Army Crashed into a wall on take-off from Sahapat Group’s airport, Si Racha District, 10km from Bangphra

airfield.

Mar-97 Cessna T-41D Thai AF 8974

03-Apr-97 Sikorsky S-76B Thai Navy 2310 ? Crashed on take-off from Bangkok Naval Station.

16-Jun-97 Wilga SP-WDN Damaged at Ratchaburi

16-Jun-97 Aero L-39ZA Thai AF - 401 Sqdn KhF1-7/37 Crashed near Korat AFB; 1 killed

(Note: this was reported as the ''second L-39 loss this year’’, also may be 16-Sep-97)

21-Jul-97 Lear Jet 31 Singapore AL 9V-ATD Crashed just below the summit of a 4200ft mountain 30 miles south of Ranong 20 minutes after take-off

from Phuket en route Rangoon; 2 killed

29-Aug-97 Bell 206 Thai Army 4371 Shot down after straying over the Thai-Burmese border, in Tak Province, in bad weather and poor

visibility; 4 killed. Wreckage only found 30-Sep-09 on border between Umphang District, Tak and Klong

Lan District, Kamphaeng Phet; dead crew in wreckage. Second Jet Ranger escaped

16-Sep-97 Aero L-39ZA Thai AF Crashed at Korat

(Note: may be 16-Jun-97)

19-Sep-97 AS332L-2 Super Puma Thai AF (c/n 2455) Crashed at I-bajoh, Sukhirin District, Naratiawat Province; 14 killed, 7 escaped.

c.19-Feb-98 Navajo HS-AMT Crashed in Malaysia; repaired

30-Apr-98 AA-1C Lynx Tango Sqdn HS-ATT Crashed behind Somboon market, Tambon Tha Sai, Muang District, Nonthaburi, Bangkok.

30-May-98 Bell 206 Kaset 1616 Damaged

1998 Extra EA/300L HS-ACS Crashed & dbf at Bangphra

09-Jun-98 Kamov Ka32T Laotian Army Crashed in Bo Klua district, Nan Province, Thailand

11-Aug-98 Jetstream 41 Thai Army 41094 Began to veer to the left shortly after touchdown at Don Muang. The pilot attempted to regain control but

the aircraft ran off the side of the runway, the left main undercarriage striking the concrete base of a

runway edge light and collapsing rearwards. The aircraft eventually came to rest on the grass beside the

runway. The accident occurred at the end of a maintenance test flight following work on the aircraft's

nose undercarriage

15-Oct-98 CT/4 Airtrainer Thai AF RR.008 ?? Caught fire and crashed at Kamphaeng Saen; 2 killed

7-May-12 30


11-Dec-98 Airbus A310 Thai International HS-TIA Crashed into swamp on third approach to Surat Thani in rainstorm; 101 killed, 45 injured

28-Jan-99 Bell 206 Thai Army 4425 W/o

28-Feb-99 Cessna 210 HS-KCC Ditched in Pacific Ocean 345 miles NE of Maui, Hawaii whilst attempting to return to Honolulu with

engine problems; 1 killed

03-May-99 Aerostar N602PK Crashed into Sri Nakharin reservoir, 40m from bank at Ban Hat Daeng, en route Calcutta to Bangkok; 2

killed (German)

23-May-99 Robinson R-22 CATC HS-TZH Crashed into plantation near Huay Sai Temple in Tambon Cha-Am; 2 killed

(Note: 'TZH 90% certain from photo)

23-Sep-99 Boeing 747 Qantas VH-OJH Overan runway at Don Muang in heavy rain, and ended up in a golf course with collapsed nose gear

23-Sep-99 OV-10C Bronco Thai AF - Wing 41 J5-29/16 Crashed into reservoir 2km from Chiang Mai Airport; 1 killed; 2 injured

c.2000 Rans S-6S Suffered engine failure on take-off from Kamol Farm, stalled and dbf after it attempted to turn back to the

runway; pilot killed

25-Feb-00 Bell 212 Thai Army 31279 Crashed at Kanchanaburi; 11 killed

20-Jul-00 Aero L-39ZA Thai AF Crashed after engine trouble at Lopburi

10-Nov-00 Aero L-39ZA Thai AF Crashed 130 miles NE of Bangkok; 1 killed; 1 injured

17-Nov-00 “twin-engined aircraft” CATC ? Hijacked by Ly Tong after take-off on training flight from Hua Hin, flown to Ho Chi Minh City to drop

leaflets, then landed back at U-Tapao

24-Nov-00 Boeing 737 Thai International HS-TDF Damaged at Don Muang

03-Mar-01 Boeing 737 Thai International HS-TDC dbf following bomb explosion on ground at Don Muang

07-Apr-01 Bell 206 Thai AF H8-05/38 (?) or H8-03/38

(?)

Crashed near Chiang Mai after collision with HT cables; 5 killed

11-Apr-01 Cessna TU.206G Tango 1114 W/o after hitting HT wires attempting an emergency return to Chiang Mai following engine failure on

first post-restoration flight by ‘Tango Squadron’; 5 killed

26-May-01 Bell 212 Thai Navy 2212 W/o

2001 Mooney M20R HS-SPR W/o at Bangphra

2001 Malibu 310P HS-ASL Accident; repaired

2001 AS350 Kaset 18304 Wreck noted dumped at Khlong Luant Dec-01

23-Jul-01 Bell AH-1 Thai Army 9999 W/o

Oct-01 ATR-72 Bangkok AW HS-PGC Ran off the runway on landing in bad weather at Seam Reap, Cambodia; airport closed for 2 days

18-Dec-01 Travel Air 2000 Tango HS-IAM Force landed; repaired

29-Apr-02 Northrop F-5E Thai AF – Wing 7 Crashed in Si Chon district, Nakhon Si Thammarat; 1 baled out

07-May-02 Alpha Jet Thai AF 23131 Developed engine trouble and crashed in storm at Nong Bua Lamphu province; 1 killed

08-Jul-02 AS350 Kaset 18302 Crashed near Palon, Mae Al district; 2 killed

17-Oct-02 CT/4 Airtrainer Thai AF RR.006 Crashed into coconut plantation after engine failure in Bang Khonthi district, Samut Songkhram; 1 killed;

1 injured

14-Nov-02 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 5413 Crashed into a field near Mubang Chunatan en route from Korat to Sakhon Nakhon; 4 injured

03-Dec-02 Travel Air 2000 Tango HS-IAM Force landed 26 miles south of Lopburi; repaired

14-Jan-03 Islander Siam Air Sports HS-RON Crashed on take-off from Pattaya

21-Jan-03 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 6477 Crashed & dbf at Saprannath airfield, Koksamrong district whilst on test flight; 1 killed

30-Jan-03 Sikorsky S-76B Thai Navy 2309 ?? Crashed at Ban Mai, Muang District, Chanthaburi; 1 killed, 2 injured

09-Apr-03 Northrop F-5F Thai AF Kh18Kh2-2/21 / 61612?? Crashed at Yasothorn; 1 killed, 1 ejected

7-May-12 31


26-Apr-03 Malibu 350P HS-AKS Crashed in bad weather near Lopburi en route Don Muang-Chiang Mai; 3 killed

2003/04 Basler BT-67 Thai AF L2k-01/41 / 46151 Veered off runway at Phitsanulok & one engine damaged; still wfu Feb-05

21-Aug-03 Cessna 150L Thai AF Ph1-4/34 / 5077 Force-landed in a field in Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani; 2 slightly injured

20-Oct-03 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 5320 Main rotor clipped trees and landed hard in severe weather; minor damage

29-Oct-03 h/c Thai Army Emergency landing following engine failure near the Burmese border; 1 injured

04-Dec-03 Boeing 747-200 Orient Thai HS-UTB Panel fell of port wing shortly after take-off from Hong Kong, and returned safely.

15-Jan-04 GD F-16A Thai AF – 103 Sqdn Kh19-18/37 / 10318 Badly damaged in hard landing following engine malfunction at Korat

16-Feb-04 GD F-16A Thai AF – 403 Sqdn Kh19-27/38 / 40309 Badly damaged when it slid off the runway at Takhli whilst demonstrating a ‘scramble’ take-off to a Pre-

Cadet School crowd; sustained "heavy damage"

23-Feb-04 Pilatus PC-9 Thai AF F19-14/34 ?? Crashed on take-off from Kamphaeng Saen; 1 killed

05-Mar-04 C-130 Thai AF Wheels up landing at Hat Yai

16-Mar-04 CASA CN235 Thai Police 28053 Damaged on landing at Pattani; repaired

2004 ? Murphy Renegade U-R02 Dbf following aborted take-off from CMT Chonburi

20-Jun-04 AA-5A Cheetah Thai Flying Club HS-ATH Emergency landing following engine failure into cassava field in Nongtaroon, Pong sub-district, east of

Pattaya & written off; 2 slightly injured

15-Jul-04 CT/4E Airtrainer Thai AF Crashed into sugar cane field in Phnom Thuan district, Kanchanaburi Province following engine failure; 2

killed

07-Aug-04 ATR-72 Thai International Damaged when landed with nosegear up at Mae Hong Son

22-Nov-04 HS748 Thai AF 99-999 Nosewheel collapsed on landing at Don Muang; not repaired and wfu Apr-06

28-Nov-04 Boeing 747 + Boeing 747 Thai International + Qantas HS-TGJ + VH-OJM Involved in airmiss at FL360 over Australia

2005 Alpha Jet Thai AF Crashed; 1 killed

08-Jan-05 CT/4E Airtrainer Thai AF F16k-14/44 / RR.14 Crashed on take-of from Watthana Nakhon, Sakeo during Children’s Day display; 2 killed

16-Feb-05 Northrop F-5E Thai AF Kh18Kh-12/21 / 61675 Crashed onto a prawn farm in Lamai District, Chumphon; 1 killed

12-Mar-05 Cessna 172 HS-PRS Crashed on landing at EGAT airfield, Sam Ngao district, Tak; 3 killed

17-Mar-05 Jet Ranger Thai AF H8-03/38 / 03 Damaged in hard landing; not repaired

20-Mar-05 Bell UH-1H Thai Army 20294 Crashed in northern Chiang Mai, Fang district, near the Myanmar border; 10 injured

19-Apr-05 Airbus A330 + Boeing 777 Thai International +

Singapore AL

HS-TEL + 9V-SQK Thai A330 lost starboard wingtip whilst taxying when it hit the port wing of a Singapore AL Boeing 777

parked at Don Muang; no injuries

21-Apr-05 Northrop F-5B Thai AF – Wing 7 Kh18k-4/25 / 40778 Crashed in Punpin District, Surat Thani, 3 miles from Surat Thani AFB, after engine failure on; 2 killed

22-May-05 Boeing 747-400 Thai International Made emergency landing in Calcutta en route Bangkok to Munich after crack found in windshield; no

injuries

29-May-05 ?? Thai International Flight from Beijing to Bangkok returned to Beijing with engine problem; no injuries

01-Jun-05 MD-11 Thai International TG971 encountered pressurisation problem over Germany shortly after departure from Zurich, and

returned to Zurich; no injuries

15-Jul-05 Boeing 717 Bangkok AW Wing hit by truck and damaged whilst parked at Don Muang

17-Jul-05 Cessna U206G HS-AZZ Ran out of fuel and landed in a field off the end of Runway 05, Bangphra; prop, engine & nose wheel

damaged; no injuries

06-Sep-05 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF JTh2-31/19 / 42090 Crashed into Gulf off Ban Nong Prom beach, Prachap Khiri Khan; 1 killed (F/O Pruetji Ampornrat)

2005 Grumman American AG-5B HS-ASV Details unknown

11-Sep-05 NAMC YS-11A Phuket Air HS-KVO Flight 9R326 from Bangkok ran off runway at Mae Sot on landing in heavy rain; starboard wing & engine

damaged; no injuries

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13-Oct-05 Jet Ranger Thai Army 1118 Crashed near Mae Kerng waterfall in Wiang Kosai national park, Wang Chin district, Phrae while on its

way from Phitsanulok to the Pha Muang task force HQ in Mae Rim district, Chiang Mai; 4 killed (Maj-

Gen Pairat Thongjattu, Maj Wisit Worawitwattana, Capt Thonglor Nakphu & Capt Komin Thong-uthai)

26-Oct-05 Airbus A300 Thai International Skidded off runway at Don Muang in heavy rain; no injuries

26-Oct-05 Airbus A340-600 Thai International HS-TNA FlightTG981 burst tyres on port side on landing in strong crosswinds at Melbourne, resulting in small

hydraulic fires; no injuries

15-Dec-05 Pilatus PC-9 Thai AF F19-4/34 Crashed following engine failure into coconut plantation in Tambon Si Muen, Damnoen Saduak district,

Ratchaburi Province; 2 ejected & slightly injured

18-Jan-06 Northrop F-5E Thai AF Kh18Kh-2/21 / 61665 Aborted take-off from U-Tapao at 150 knots, and ran off runway; repaired; no injuries

18-Jan-06 CT/4E Airtrainer Thai AF F16k-6/42 / RR.6 Crashed onto building in Bang Pla Ma district, Supanburi Province; 1 killed (Flt Lt Nawin Pinprasert)

05-Feb-06 Boeing 737-400 Nok Air HS-TDD Made a technical return to Don Muang after suffering engine problems following departure as flight

DD7506 to Phuket. Was deliberately run off the runway at Don Muang on landing

29-Mar-06 Pilatus Turbo-Porter Kaset 1312 Crashed after engine failure shortly after take-off from Chantaburi Airport & dbf in a durian plantation

near Khao Wua village in Tambon Noen Soong, whilst on a cloud-seeding operation; 4 killed, 1 injured

(Capt Wichian Worachat, pilot; M-Sgt Thaweesak Chuaychu, technician & Yai Silpaya, agricultural

worker; Panya Sriwimol, volunteer)

May-06 Cherokee 161 CATC HS-TCG Force-landed

06-Jun-06 Aero L-39ZA Thai AF KhF1-24/37 W/o after hard landing

15-Jul-06 Boeing 747 Thai International HS-TGY Collided with Air France Regional Embraer 135 F-GOHC whilst taxying out at Madrid en route Rome

and Bangkok. The starboard wingtip struck the rear fuselage of the Embraer, and cut off its tail. The

Boeing 747 was repaired on site and returned to Bangkok 16-Jul-06.

24-Aug-06 Basler BT-67 Thai AF L2k-2/41 / 46152 Force-landed near Korat AFB & heavily damaged; 12 crew uninjured

09-Sep-06 Cherokee 140 HS-ATK Crashed into paddy field near Ban Pho railway station, Bang Pa-in, Ayutthaya; 4 injured

16-Sep-06 Cessna T-41B Thai Army 5172 Crashed into paddy field following engine failure and dbf in Hang Dong district, Chiang Mai, en route to

Mae Hong Son from Tak; 3 crew (Capt Chatnimit Klawklar, pilot) uninjured

27-Oct-06 Jet Ranger Kaset 1611 Crashed into Bung Boraphet (a freshwater swamp), Muang District, Nakhon Sawan at 1400 whilst

carrying food and relief items to assist flood victims in Tha Tako district. Believed to have been

overloaded with bottled water when it crashed into 10m of water; 1 killed (Lt-General Apai Phunuchapai,

the pilot), 1 severely injured (2nd-Lieutenant Narong Phosawat, a mechanic)

08-Nov-06 Lear Jet 35A Thai AF TL12-2/31 / 40208 Engine lost power at 150ft immediately after take off at 0950 from Takhli on a photo-recce mission to

Nampong gunnery range; attempted an emergency landing but hit an empty hangar; 7 killed (Wing Com.

Pichet Chayachavalit, pilot; Capt Dusit Khaokhew, co-pilot; Capt Lert Popan, navigator; Capt Songwuit

Eiamjang, Co. Yuthakorn Eiamlert & Co. Suthisak Rojwaradilok, photographers & Co. Nirut

Wangchuaklang, maintenance crew)

Nov-06 Bird Dog Thai AF / Tango Squadron T2-26/15 / 53182 Slightly damaged on landing at Pattaya Air Park when lost the right brake and wandered off the runway

05-Dec-06 Airship Akkara Co Ltd. Crashed at 1000 when a sudden strong wind caused the two pilots to lose control of the airship, causing it

to crash into two power poles and a coconut tree, then to the ground at Tambon Nongplue, Bang Lamung

District, Chonburi Province; the two Russian pilots were flying the airship to a spot on Pattaya beach to

take part in a show as part of the celebration of King Bhumipol’s birthday; 2 pilots (Russian) injured

2007 Robinson R-22B-2 Beta HS-SPC Hit foreign object whilst flying too low over sea en route Hua Hin

early 2007 SIAI SF-260 HS-AFE Accident at Phitsanulok; nosegear collapsed. Under repair at Takhli AFB Jan-08

02-Feb-07 Cirrus SR20 N901SR Crashed near Narssarssuaq off the coast of Greenland after the pilot had indicated he had a low engine oil

issue and was going to attempt an emergency water ditching; aircraft destroyed during the water ditching

attempt and has not been recovered; pilot killed

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23-Mar-07 Bell 214ST Thai Navy 2306 Crashed at 1130 into a rice field in Ratanaburi district, Surin Province whilst en route to Sattahip; 9 killed

19-May-07 Cessna U-206G HS-ARK During a normal flight a new navy pilot went up to test the radio and when he was on downwind

right RW 28 he drained off one tank, engine quit so he switched tank but couldn't restart and he was too

low. Crashed about 500m short of the runway; pilot seriously injured.

25-May-07 HS748 Thai AF L5-1/08 / 60301 Both engines caught fire at Koke Kratiem; under repair Jul-07

09-Aug-07 Cessna 172 HS-BAE Whilst at 6,500’ over Khao Yai the pilot requested descent to 5,000’, then dropped very fast and off the

Suvarnabhumi radar screen. Believed to have flown into IMC trying to get over the mountains, then lost

control

12-Aug-07 Paramotor Crashed from 30m during a competition at the Silapacheep Surin Centre at 0920 when the cables caught

in the engine; 1 (Korean) killed

30-Aug-07 Pilatus PC-9 Thai AF F19-25/39 Took off from Khampaeng Saen FTS at 0800, returned at 0820, crashed at the north end of the runway

and burst into flames; 2 killed (Wing Cdr Supat Butwang & Flt Lt Vorapong Mongdee)

07-Sep-07 Bell 206 Kaset 1612 Crashed whilst inspecting forests in Pran Buri district, Prachuap Khiri Khan; 5 minor injuries

12-Sep-07 Ultralight Crashed onto lawn of a house in Muang district, Lamphun; 2 (of 4 passengers) seriously injured

16-Sep-07 MD-82 One-Two-Go HS-OMG Left Don Muang at 1430 as flight OG269 to Phuket; slid off the runway on landing at 1540 at Phuket,

exploded, broke in two and crashed into nearby walls; 89 killed (of 123 passengers and 7 crew)

08-Oct-07 Boeing 717 Bangkok AW Fire in port engine whilst taxying at Suvarnabhumi en route Koh Samui; extinguished and continued

flight

04-Nov-07 Boeing 777 Thai International HS-TJW During a non-directional beacon (NDB) non-precision approach to runway 16 at Melbourne Airport, the

aircraft descended below the segment minimum safe altitude at 6.8DME. Soon after, the crew received

two enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) cautions. The crew then levelled the aircraft

and conducted a visual approach and landing on runway 16. Was being operated on a scheduled passenger

service from Bangkok to Melbourne with 17 crew and 277 passengers. Full accident report available at

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/media/2007/AAIR/pdf/AO2007055.pdf

12-Nov-07 Bell 212 Thai Police 2214 Reported w/o

Dec-07 Cessna U-17 Thai Army Reported crashed

20-Dec-07 Bird Dog ‘53155’ Stalled after losing power whilst performing a right downwind turn after takeoff from Pattaya Air Park

13-Jan-08 Zenair CH-701 ? Crashed in Lampang

23-Jan-08 Schweizer TH-300C Thai Army - 6th Infantry

Regiment Aviation Company (Roi Et)

Crashed in a field in Muang District, Si Saket Province at 1045am during a training flight from Surin to

Ubon Ratchathani; 2 injured (Captain Dej Prakorbpol & Corporal Kawi Songwiang)

Early 2008 Cessna 172 HS-BAA Substantially damaged in hard landing; wreck noted 03-Mar-08 in Tango hangar, Don Muang

21-May-08 Cessna T-41B or Maule MX-7 Thai Army Crashed inside the Ninth Infantry Division in Lardya district, Kanchanaburi 0830, after having departed

from Lopburi Army Aviation Centre; 3 severely injured (trainee Lt Tharapong Sukcharoen, 28, trainer Lt

Col Pithakpong Oonphan, 48, & mechanic, Sgt Yothin Deejangreed, 40)

20-Jun-08 Bell UH-1H Thai Army Pilot reported engine trouble and crashed into hillside whilst attempting a crash landing in Yala Province;

the helicopter was on its way back to Bannang Sata military base in Yala province, and was carrying a

military forensics team which was investigating the murder of a border police sergeant in an insurgent

ambush; 10 killed (Captain Pramote Purak, Lieutenant Rashen Sukha, Sergeant Major Ronnachit

Kaewprasert, Sergeant Nopparat Worasen, Pol Capt Worapong Puttinin, Maneera Bantao, Captain Samart

Palatphum, Sergeant Major Narin Nuanum, Sergeant Major Akradej Jantakul and Sergeant Taweesak

Pongsapan)

04-Jul-08 Boeing 747-300 Phuket Air / Saudia HS-VAC Lost an engine on take-off from Jeddah whilst being ferried back to Jakarta for repairs to the same engine;

compressor section plus parts of the thrust reverser landed in the desert. Aircraft returned to Jeddah.

03-Aug-08 Boeing 747-400 All Nippon Airways JA8955 The aircraft was being cleaned internally after maintenance in Thai Airways hangar at Don Muang; an

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inflammable cleaning agent was being used, which led to a fire in the forward cargo hold; broken up at

Don Muang Nov-08

06-Aug-08 Bell UH-1H Thai AF – 203 Sqdn H6-23/12 / 20344 Crashed in tambon Tanehmaeroh, Betong district, Yala Province; had departed from an airbase in Pattani

carrying high-ranking military officers to attend a security meeting in Betong district; 10 killed (Col

Wanchai Puangkhumsap, Grp Capt Theerapong Siksamat, Grp Capt Kamol Janwanna, Wg Cdr Chaiwat

Boonyalit, pilot Flt Lt Nopporn Nimsiri, co-pilot Flt Lt Chatchai Chujai, mechanic FS 1 Chaiwat Jitteetip,

mechanic FS 1 Nikom Ampong, search-and-rescue team member FS 1 Songkran Intachote and search-

and-rescue team member Sgt Sirichoke Sukkul)

04-Oct-08 Bell UH-1H Thai AF H6-29/15 / 20347 Crashed in poor weather & strong winds on a peak in the Phu Kradung mountain range in Loei province

soon after it had dropped equipment and fuel at an RTAF telecommunications centre; 5 injured, 3

uninjured (UH-1 was 40 years old)

2008 Mooney M20M HS-ATI Crashed on landing at Tantawan

28-Oct-08 Sea Ray HS-DAN ?? Caught fire while being transported on a truck on the Bangkok-Chon Buri Motorway, at about 1230 pm at

about km12.5 on the outbound motorway. The truck driver, Boonma Dathong, 41, was transporting the

SeaRay from a maintenance firm in Bangkok to the owner in Trat. He said he noticed motorists on the

opposite lane flashing their headlights to signal something to him and when he looked at the rear window

and he saw smoke billowing out from the plane. He said he parked the truck and tried to put out the fire

with an extinguisher but the fire quickly engulfed the plane in less than three minutes

06-Mar-09 Nomad Thai AF L9-5/25 / 46131 Crashed shortly after 1000 on take-off from Koke Kratiem, Lopburi on a photo recce mission; 1 killed

(2nd pilot F/O Pongsakorn Thatinuwat); 1st pilot (F/O Thossapol Dejsupha) & 3 mechanics slightly

injured

22-May-09 TB-20 Trinidad CATC HS-TCQ ‘Incident’ recorded on CATC Status Board

04-Aug-09 ATR-72 Bangkok AW HS-PGL Skidded off the runway and crashed into an old control tower (being used as a parking area for fire

engines) whilst landing in a strong crosswind in severe weather at Koh Samui airport. Was operating

PG266 from Krabi. 1 killed (pilot Chartchai Pansuwan) & 41 injured (of 68 passengers and 4 crew)

31-Aug-09 Jet Ranger Thai Army Crash-landed at 0810 while attempting to make an emergency landing in a paddy field in Hat Yai district,

Songkhla whilst flying on a bomb-scanning operation. Based in Pattani. Landed nose first and fell onto

it’s side, but no injuries (2 pilots & 1 mechanic)

14-Sep-09 GD F-16B Thai AF – 102 Sqdn 10201 Damaged on landing at Korat; engaged net barrier at the end of the runway and arrested to stop; one

landing gear was broken and both wing leading edges were damaged

23-Dec-09 Northrop F-5E Thai AF – 211 Sqdn Kh18Kh-18/24/ 91681 Crashed in Ban Kengkheng in Tambon Kengkheng, Kudkhaopoon Distriict, Ubon Ratchathani at 1130;

pilot killed

03-Feb-10 Boeing 747-4D7 Thai International HS-TGB Returned to Suvarnabhumi with an engine fire (port outboard) 10 minutes after take off at 1715 on flight

TG116 en route Chiang Mai; 330 passengers on board; no injuries

09-Mar-10 Cessna 208B SGA HS-SKR Made an emergency landing at Bangphra after the PT-6 engine lost a turbine fan chip and began to

deteriorate. The two female pilots were able to divert and land 8 minutes after the failure was noticed.

18-Apr-10 Kitfox Safari HS-FAE Force landed following engine failure in Muek Lek district, 6nm W of Klang Dong; Prasert

Prungkananont & Phongat Ruangpradap slightly injured

17-Jun-10 CT/4 Airtrainer Thai AF F16k-9/43 / RR.9 Crashed into field about 1100 in Moo 2 village of Tambon Donchedi, Phanom Thuan District; 2 injured

(Flight Lieutenant Pitchaya Pa-obthip and Wing Commander Akkarayothin Wanchadok)

17-Jul-10 Boeing 747-300 Phuket Air / Saudia HS-VAC No.4 engine suffered an uncontained failure on take off from Cairo International. Take off aborted safely,

but major damage suffered.

17-Aug-10 AS350 MNRE 1103 Crashed into mountain at 0800 in poor visibility near Nam Kwang village, Na Muen district, Nan

Province; was flying from Phitsanulok to Phu Phayak mountain in Chalerm Prakiat district, Nan;

wreckage found 18-Aug-10; 5 killed (permanent secretary for national resources and environment Saksit

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Tridech; inspector-general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department Kowit

Punyatrong; Sahat Boonyawiwat, an adviser to the Royal Household Bureau; pilot Jenwit Arunsawat and

mechanic Witoon Thien-nguen)

11-Sep-10 Robinson R-44 Heliluck HS-HLL Crashed in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi when it’s tail became entangled in electrical wires, causing it to

crash into the Chao Phraya river; 4 escaped (pilot Aphinan Thanyapreedakul, pilot Lt Arun Khumkwaen,

cameraman Somsak Nachainak, and assistant cameraman Patcharin Phatcharapraphanan)

18-Oct-10 GD F-16A Thai AF – 403 Sqdn Kh19-33/39 / 40315 Crashed at approx 1000 near Den Mai Sung village in Tambon Mae Salit in Ban Tak district, Tak

Province whilst flying as part of a four-ship training flight from Takhli (Wing 4) to Chiang Mai (Wing

41); 1 killed (Flight Lieutenant Thanikorn Luangrungwaree)

11-Jan-11 Bell 205A-1 Thai Police 1722 Emergency landing in a rice field in Bang Nam Priew district, Chachoengsao Province after developing

engine trouble; 2 injured (2nd pilot Pol Lt-Col Decho Phusri & Paiboon Sirichanakul)

07-Feb-11 Robinson R-22 CATC Crashed into the sea 50m off Ban Thalae Samran beach, Cha Am; 2 injured

14-Feb-11 2 x GD F-16A ADF Thai AF – 102 Sqdn 10202 & 10212 Two F-16’s from 102 Sqdn (Korat), on a 4-ship mission as part of Cobra Gold 2011 Exercise, collided in

mid-air during a sortie over Chaiyaphoom Province; both pilots ejected safely (Squadron Leader Krisda

Sukchan & Flying Officer Challanont Promdej)

14-Apr-11 Christen Eagle HS-EGL Crashed on landing after engine failure at Klong 15 strip, Ongkharak district; 2 killed (Kraiwut

Saringpaiboon & Peter Frank)

16-Jul-11 Bell UH-1H Thai Army Crashed in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi whilst landing in gusty winds, whilst en route from

Thap Phraya Suea Camp, Suan Phung district, Ratchaburi to airlift stranded soldiers; 5 killed (1st pilot

Maj Kitisak Chin-iam, 2nd pilot Lt Pratya Nualsri, Maj Kitiphum Ekkaphan, and two mechanics, SM1

Rangsan Polsaibua and SM1 Narongdet Pongnumkul)

19-Jul-11 UH-60L Black Hawk Thai Army 6928 Crashed in Burma, just across the border from Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, in bad weather

& heavy rain whilst on a mission to retrieve the bodies of the five soldiers killed in the UH-1H crashed on

16-Jul-11 (two other helicopters, one from Kaset & one from MONRE, turned back because of the

weather); 9 killed (Maj-Gen Tawan Ruangsri, the 9th Infantry Division chief and commander of the

Surasee Task Force, 1st pilot Maj Prapan Jiamsoongnoen, 2nd pilot Maj Chuphan Polwan, senior flight

mechanic Sgt-Maj Somkid Wongtoksaeng, 2nd mechanic Sgt Aram Wongsing, Capt Jate Sudchai, Capt

Chakraphan Bamrungphuet, L-Cpl Itthisak Hinasuthi, and Sornwichai Kongtannukul, a TV Channel 5

cameraman)

24-Jul-11 Bell 212 Thai Army 35098 Crashed and exploded near Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi following failure of the tail rotor;

3 killed, 1 (Sergeant Pattanaporn Tonjan) injured

27-Jul-11 Bell UH-1H Thai AF Made an emergency landing on a field in Udon Thani after a problem with the ASI; 6 on board uninjured

26-Sep-11 Bell 212 Thai Police Made an emergency landing in Ubon Ratchathani during illegal logging bust duty; 7 on board uninjured

16-Dec-11 Bell 212 Thai Navy Rotors damaged by machine gun fire from across Cambodian border, whilst delivering food to Thai and

Cambodian border soldiers 50m away.

17-Dec-11 ATR-72 Bangkok AW HS-PGA Whilst taxying at Koh Samui to operate PG178 to Bangkok, ran off paved surface, impacted an earth wall

and went down into a ditch with its nose; no injuries to 38 passengers & 4 crew; repaired

23-Mar-12 Fairchild AU-23A Thai AF 42082 Forced landing in Phanom Thuan District, Kanchanaburi on a flight from Prachuap Khiri Khan; 2 pilots

uninjured, minor injuries to 1 mechanic

30-Apr-12 ATR-72 Thai AF L16-02/52 / 60314 Badly damaged when skidded off the runway on landing at the Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka,

Bangladesh, whilst on a training flight from Bangkok to New Delhi via Dhaka; 2 of the 15 crew on board

slightly injured

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