What happened
A flight operating out of Vientiane-Wattay Airport was conducting a logistics mission to deliver 2,780 pounds of food supplies. The aircraft was carrying a total of four people, consisting of two crew members and two passengers.
As the aircraft approached its designated drop zone while flying beneath the cloud layer, the pilot-in-command executed a sharp left-hand turn. During this maneuver, the aircraft entered a stall and subsequently crashed. The accident resulted in three fatalities and one survivor among the occupants.
Findings
Preliminary assessments suggest that the crash was triggered by insufficient airspeed during the final turn, which led to the loss of lift and the subsequent stall.