Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, Aug 13, 1961 (5 killed), Pha...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on August 13, 1961 near Pha Khao Bolikhamxai Province, Laos with 5 fatalities. Cause: While turning out of a mountaintop...
- Date: August 13, 1961
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Pha Khao Bolikhamxai Province, Laos
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: While turning out of a mountaintop bowl at low height, a wing struck a ridge; eyewitness accounts could not establish whether enemy fire or an engine fault played a part.
An Air America Curtiss C 46 flying a CIA supply drop for General Vang Pao's Hmong forces crashed near Pha Khao in Laos on 13 August 1961. A wing struck a ridge as the aircraft turned out of a mountaintop bowl. Five people were killed, the two pilots and three CIA officers.