Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 1 July 1995
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4)
Owner/operator: Vanimo Trading
Registration Number: P2-VTC
Location: 8 km from Kiunga –
ÿ Papua New Guinea
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Both engines of the Caribou aircraft.Both engines of the Caribou aircraft.
Category: Accident
A Caribou crashed into trees short of the runway during a diversion from Tabubil due to bad weather at its destination, resulting in the failure of both engines.A Caribou crashed into trees short of the runway during a diversion from Tabubil due to bad weather at its destination, resulting in the failure of both engines.
Description
After a flight from Port Moresby the aircraft had to divert to Kiunga due to bad weather at its destination Tabubil. During climbout from Tabubil the no. 2 engine failed. On approach to Kiunga the other engine also failed. The Caribou crashed into trees, short of the runway.
Primary Cause
Engine failure ? specifically, a combined failure of both engines during approach to Kiunga.Engine failure ? specifically, a combined failure of both engines during approach to Kiunga.Share on:
