Hat Yai | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The single engine airplane departed Pattani (9th AF Command) at 1156LT bound for the Wing 56 Air Division 4 located at Hat Yai Airport. En route, the crew encountered technical problems with the engine and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a banana plantation located in the region of Wat Bang Sala. All three occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Boeing 737-2P5 off Phuket: 83 killed

Date & Time: Aug 31, 1987 at 1536 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 737-200

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Registration:

HS-TBC

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Hat Yai - Phuket

MSN:

22267

YOM:

1980

Flight number:

TG365

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Captain / Total flying hours:

19538

Captain / Total hours on type:

5576.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

5951

Copilot / Total hours on type:

156

Aircraft flight hours:

16963

Aircraft flight cycles:

20864

Circumstances:

Thai Airways Flight 365 was approaching Phuket VOR/DME on radial 119 after a flight from Hat Yai. At the same time Dragon Air Flight 203 (a Boeing 737 registered VR-HYL, carrying 62 occupants) also approached Phuket VOR/DME on radial 090. At 08:34 UTC Dragonair 203 reported at 2500 feet with Thai 365 in sight in front of them. The Thai Boeing was flying at 3000 feet at the time, and was 13 miles from Phuket VOR/DME. Dragonair 203, first priority in approach sequence, then turned right at 12 DME and was going to turn inbound for finals for runway 27. The Thai crew surmised that the other crew were making a false position report to gain landing priority and reported hurriedly that they were at 8 DME inbound and requested visual approach, though they hadn't reached 8 DME yet. This forced Phuket Approach to give Thai 365 landing priority at 08:35. The Dragonair crew (flying IFR) immediately warned that the Thai plane couldn't descend through their flight level. Concentrating on the conflicting traffic the speed decayed to 163 knots until the stick shaker activated. The Thai crew then applied power and raised the landing gear, but the aircraft entered a stall crashed into the sea, disintegrating on impact. All 83 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The pilot slowed the aircraft and it stalled while the pilot prepared to be number one on landing as advised by Phuket approach control. It appears that he was worrying and not sure whether he could make number one landing because the pilot if number two aircraft in sequence gave warning that the number one aircraft ahead was above him and could not descend passing through his level. The pilot added power and raised the gear after stick shaker activated but didn't execute a recovery before hitting the sea.

Crash of a Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV in Hat Yai

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1982

Type of aircraft:

Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV

Operator:

Registration:

L6-2/21

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

AT-065

YOM:

1978

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Circumstances:

Shortly after takeoff from Hat Yai Airport, the crew declared an emergency after one of the engine failed. Cleared to return for an emergency landing, the crew could not make it and the airplane lost speed then crash landed in a field and came to rest, bursting into flames. All eight occupants escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. The aircraft had the dual registration L6-2/21 and 29-999.

Probable cause:

Engine failure during initial climb for unknown reasons.