26
Mar
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina – VH-WWB
The aircraft suffered a violent deceleration, water-looped to port and sank on a mud bank. The accident was due to the failure of the h...
26
Mar
Lockheed 414-08 Hudson IVA – VH-BDN
Returned due to no.1 engine failure; had to go around because of traffic on the runway and collided with telephone wires, crashing into...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-2-243 – VH-ARC
VH-ARC was withdrawn from service after a hard landing at Kerowagi. It was shipped to Bankstown, Australia and scrapped in 1951.
26
Mar
Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter – P2-AXL
A Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter suffered a runway excursion after landing on runway 14 at Kerema Airstrip, rolled into a drainage ditch w...
26
Mar
Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander – P2-SAM
A Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander, operated by North Coast Aviation collided with wooded terrain in the Sapmanga Valley, about 32 nm N...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – P2-KAL
The DHC-6 Twin Otter veered off runway 05 at Kairik Airstrip during takeoff and ran into a ditch, sustaining substantial damage. Durin...
26
Mar
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan –
A Tropicair Cessna 208 Grand Caravan was hijacked from Gasmata, Papua New Guinea. The pilot was refueling the aircraft when eight men a...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 – P2-ANX
A DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 aircraft, operating on a round trip between Port Moresby and Mendi, Papua New Guinea, was destroyed by fire at Mend...
26
Mar
Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander – P2-SBA
A Britten Norman BN2T Turbine Islander aircraft struck the water about 40 metres short of the threshold of runway 12 at Vanimo Airport...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou – A4-285
Sustained substantial damage in a hard landing accident.