Incident Overview
Date: Monday 17 November 1980
Aircraft Type: Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III
Owner/operator: Provincial Air Services, lsf Bush Pilots Airways
Registration Number: VH-BSG
Location: Annanberg-Nodabu Airstrip (AOB) –
ÿ Papua New Guinea
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 16
Component Affected: Aircraft structure and control systems.Aircraft structure and control systems.
Category: Accident
A BN-2A Trislander aircraft overran a soft wet runway at Annanberg, PNG, during takeoff, resulting in a catastrophic crash into the Ramu River. Four occupants perished.A BN-2A Trislander aircraft overran a soft wet runway at Annanberg, PNG, during takeoff, resulting in a catastrophic crash into the Ramu River. Four occupants perished.
Description
The Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander aircraft overran the soft wet airstrip at Annanberg, PNG, during takeoff and plunged off the end of the runway into the flooded Ramu River. Four occupants did not survive the accident. The aircraft was overloaded for the runway in use.
Source of Information
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126159088http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126159088Primary Cause
Overloaded aircraft for the runway.Overloaded aircraft for the runway.Share on:
