Douglas DC-3 crash, Dec 25, 1967 (4 killed), Chiang Mai C...
Douglas DC-3 accident on December 25, 1967 near Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Thailand with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot followed the wrong route to land in...
- Date: December 25, 1967
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot followed the wrong route to land in fog.
A Thai Airways DC3 operating scheduled flight TG002 from Bangkok to Chiang Mai was on approach in fog. The captain abandoned a first approach to runway 36, then on a second approach to runway 18 referred to the wrong road, became unstable and banked left, and the left engine struck the ground about 200 metres short of the threshold. Four passengers were killed.