THAI AIR ACCIDENTS (1990 to 1999)

 

 

Below are listed brief details of known accidents to Thai aircraft, civil and military, and to other aircraft where the accident was within Thailand. The bulk of the data is from Thai DoA records, from Royal Thai Air Force sources and from press reports. Credit is also due to various Air Britain publications, Sid Nanson, Vidya Tapasanan, Marco Dijkshoorn (Scramble), Cheryl Baumgartner, Ed Young’s “Aerial Nationalism – A History of Aviation in Thailand” (Smithsonian 1995), NTSB website and others. For Vietnam era US military accidents, Chris Hobson’s “Vietnam Air Losses” is a valuable source of more detailed information.

 

 

Date

Type

Operator

Serial

 

Location & Details

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 4-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

14-Aug-90

Bell UH-1H

Thai AF

H6-13/12

(possibly the 18-Jul-90 accident)

??-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

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 (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 north west 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

10-Jul-93

Douglas C-47

Thai AF

L2-7/90 / 106

Right tyre burst on landing & prop hit ground at RTAFB 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

1316 ?

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

h/c

Thai Army

 

Collided with another helicopter 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

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, Nakhon Ratchasima; 1 killed. (Note: this was reported as the ''second L-39 loss this year’’) – may be 16-Sep-97; q.v.

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  - may be 16-Jun-97; q.v.

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

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 ('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

 

Updated 26-Apr-10