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PC-6C N3612R somewhere in northern Thailand in 1973
(Air America Log, vol. VII, no. 3, 1973, p. 5)
Fairchild PC-6C/H-2 N3612R 2033 11 June 71 N3612R of Fairchild
Hiller Corp, Rockville,
MD
Service history: bought from Fairchild Industries on 11 June 71; registration was
requested on 22 June 71 (Letter by Clyde S. Carter dated 22 June 71, in:
UTD/CIA/B15F1); registered to Air America on 31 August 71 (Status as of 28 March
74, in: UTD/CIA/B56F3); arrived at Vientiane on delivery on 26 June 71; assigned to
contract AID-493-66 for use out of Chiang Mai since 3 July 71 (F.O.Circulars of 1
July 71 and 15 July 71, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F7B); on 5 July 71, N3612R caught a
power line upon landing at Muang Nan (T-509), causing cuts in the left wing;
repaired (XOXO of 5 July 71: UTD/Hickler/B25F11); at Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 4
April 73, where it was based; a photo was published in: Air America Log, vol. VII, no.
3, 1973, p. 7; used out of Chiang Mai, Thailand, still assigned to contract AID-493-66
for use out of Chiang Mai 16-30 April 73 (F.O.C. of 16 April 73, in:
UTD/Kaufman/B1F14); used in anti-narcotic and reconnaissance operations in
August 73; during taxi and turn-around before take-off from Ban Mae Raeng (T-551),
Thailand, on 26 August 73, the tail wheel of N3612R dropped in a hole and broke; it
was repaired on 27 August 73 at Udorn and returned to service on 28 August 73
(XOXO of 26 Aug. 73, in: UTD/Hickler/B25F12; Report by R. E. Dawson dated
August 73, in: UTD/CIA/B18F4); still assigned to contract AID-493-66 for use out of
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1 November-31 December 73 (F.O.Circulars of 1 Nov. 73 and
1 Dec. 73, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F7C); assigned to contract F04606-71-C-0002, Order
12, for use out of Chiang Mai at least 1-28 February 74 and 1 April-31 May 74
(F.O.Circular of 1 February 74, in: UTD/CIA/B51F21; F.O.Circulars of 1 April 74
and 1 May 74, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F7C); ferried from Bangkok to Saigon on 1 July
74, when the Bangkok base was phased out; the pilot was R. E. Dawson (Telex dated
1 July 74, in: UTD/CIA/B18F4; Bangkok daily flight schedule of 1 July 74, in:
UTD/Hickler/B5F10).
Fate: sold to Evergreen Helicopters, McMinnville, OR, on 23 August 74 at a price of
$ 131,750 (Summary of aircraft sales, in: UTD/CIA/B40F6); deregistration was
requested on 9 October 74 (Letter by H. A. Allain, in: UTD/CIA/B17F3); regd. to
Evergreen Helicopters Inc., McMinnville, OR, on 18 October 1974; used as a
spraying aircraft in Upper Volta (Minutes ExCom-AACL/AAM of 10 September 74,
in: UTD/CIA/B10F1); still current on 31 October 82; cancelled as destroyed on 7