2025 Royal Thai Police DHC-6 crash
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter · Crashed shortly after take-off; under investigation
From Hua Hin Airport, Prachuap Khiri Khan, to Hua Hin Airport, Prachuap Khiri Khan,
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 6 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Government
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Aircraft type
- de Havilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 36964
- Operator
- Royal Thai Police
- Onboard fatalities
- 6
- Route
- From Hua Hin Airport, Prachuap Khiri Khan,To Hua Hin Airport, Prachuap Khiri Khan,
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The Royal Thai Police DHC-6 crash occurred on 25 April 2025, when a Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter aircraft crashed into the sea near Hua Hin, in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand, during a test flight in preparation for parachute training. The five officers on board died at the crash site, while the pilot survived but later died in hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
Accident
The accident occurred near Hua Hin airport, at 8:15 a.m. local time, when the aircraft plunged into the sea about 100 metres from the coast, near the Baby Grand Hua Hin hotel.Images from the site show that the aircraft's fuselage broke in two after the impact.Eyewitnesses reported having heard abnormal engine noises before the impact.The five officers on board died, while the pilot survived but later died in hospital due to his injuries.As for the aircraft, the cockpit was almost separated from the nose. Both wings were severely damaged by the impact. The aircraft's tail was also practically torn off the fuselage. The right engine was severely damaged. The propellers came off the aircraft and were crushed in the area of the pilot's seat, causing significant damage.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The authorities are carrying out a thorough investigation to determine the causes of the accident. The authorities successfully removed the aircraft wreckage from the sea.The data from the aircraft's black box have also been recovered and are being analysed.The authorities reported that the aircraft lost stability shortly after leaving the runway. Despite the pilot's attempts to regain control, the aircraft plunged into the sea, and the fuselage appeared to break in two after the impact.A team of investigators from Canada will travel to investigate the cause of the accident.It was discovered that before the accident, the aircraft had experienced problems with the wing strut and the control lever. It had undergone systematic repairs and was on a test flight when the incident occurred.Police chief Kitrat Phanphet, who visited the site along with other officials, said that initial investigations showed that the aircraft was heading towards houses, but the pilot managed to manoeuvre it towards the sea, avoiding further fatalities.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Accidente del DHC-6 de la Policía Real Tailandesa de 2025” (revision 173627055, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Spanish Wikipedia article: Accidente del DHC-6 de la Policía Real Tailandesa de 2025
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 173627055 · 2026-05-25 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q134184367
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- es Wikipedia article "Accidente del DHC-6 de la Policía Real Tailandesa de 2025" (page 11186217, revision 173627055), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- government agency named in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.