Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Diamond DA42 Twin Star, HS-DWW: Accident occurred December 17, 2012 in Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani province - Thailand

 


 
A Diamond DA42 Twin Star (HS-DWW) rests upside down after crashing in a paddy field in Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani province yesterday afternoon. 
(Photo by Pongpat Wongyala)

 
Two British men, one of them 77 years old, survived a small plane crash in a grassy field in Pathum Thani. The men were returning to Bangkok from a business trip when the plane’s engine failed. The plane skidded on the ground after landing and overturned. The men reportedly suffered minor injuries.



 
The crash slightly injured two british men, Nicholas Philip Plumer, and his friend who was identified as David Walls (above). They were both on board the plane when it went down.
 (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala)

http://www.thai-aviation.net/files/Thai_Civil_Register.pdf

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HS-DWW Diamond DA42 c/n 42.254 ex OE-UDS; Regd 28-Jan-08 to David Wals Co.Ltd; noted Jun-08; new CofR 08-Oct-12; current Oct-12; force-landed into a rice field near Ayuttaya 17-Dec-12 after both engines stopped due to fuel starvation whilst en route from Ranong to Bangko

Officials from the Civil Aviation Department and Scientific Crime Detection Centre 1 yesterday inspected the wreckage of a Diamond DA42 Twin Star, which crashed in a rice paddy in Pathum Thani’s Sam Khok district on Monday.
 

Asian Aerospace Services Ltd moved the smashed plane out of the field to a hangar at Don Mueang Airport. The firm will send the aircraft's flight-data recorder to a company in Germany for analysis.

The two Britons on board the Bt30-million plane were identified as David Walls, 71, and Nicholas Turner, 54. They were still hospitalized and unable to give any information. Authorities said Walls is a millionaire in the UK and was piloting the plane when it crashed.


Police in Sam Khok were informed of the crash about 3.30pm. 

 Police and a rescue team rushed to the field and found Nicholas Philip Pumer and his friend, identified only as David, had been assisted out of the wreckage by local people. The two men were sent to a hospital and were reported to be well with only minor injuries.

The plane crashed to the ground and then flipped over on to its back about 200 metres away from some houses.

Officials from the aviation control tower of the air force base later inspected the scene.

They said the plane had disappeared from radar screens and shortly after there was a report that a plane had crashed in a paddy field in Pathum Thani.

Initially, it was reported that the plane took off from the air force base at Don Mueang, Bangkok.

http://www.bangkokpost.com


 PATHUM THANI – December 17, 2012 [PDN]; at 3 p.m., members of the air squadron 203 went to check the site of a plane crash, after the Air Force control tower reported that the aircraft had disappeared from the radar screen. 

 The plane of Asian Arrow Space had crashed in the middle of a field, about 200 meters away from the nearby houses. It had overturned, and its engine appeared to be damaged. The aircraft was stabilized to prevent an explosion.

Volunteers from Ruamkatanyu Foundation took the victims to Krung Siam St. Carlos where they were reported to be safe.Mr. Preecha Songkasing, an area resident who witnessed the incident, said he saw the plane flying in a wave-like motion through the air, before it hit the ground and slid down the middle of the field.

Then the front of the plane hit the ground of the field, so the plane turned over, and it came to rest on its back. He rushed to help the passengers out of the plane, because he was afraid the plane would explode.

The men in the plane were identified as Mr. Davis Wall, 77 years old, nationality British; and Mr. Nicholas Phillippe, age unknown, also British. They had flown out from Don Muang airport and were heading back to Bangkok after doing business in Ranong. But their aircraft engine had suddenly failed, causing their plane to plunge down to the field.

Investigators were initially unable to determine the immediate cause of the accident. They are waiting for the technical staff to examine the downed aircraft in the morning.


http://www.pattayadailynews.com

http://www.thai-aviation.net/files/Thai_Civil_Register.pdf

HS-DWW Diamond DA42 c/n 42.254 ex OE-UDS
Regd 28-Jan-08 to David Wals Co.Ltd; noted Jun-08; new CofR 08-Oct-12; current Oct-12; 

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