Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 6 March 1965
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
Owner/operator: Royal Australian Air Force – RAAF
Registration Number: A4-202
Location: Porgera Airport (RGE) –
ÿ Papua New Guinea
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft control surfaces (ailerons, rudder, elevators) and potentially the aircraft’s aerodynamic stability.Aircraft control surfaces (ailerons, rudder, elevators) and potentially the aircraft’s aerodynamic stability.
Category: Accident
An aircraft overshot a runway and crashed on an uphill slope.An aircraft overshot a runway and crashed on an uphill slope.
Description
Overshot runway and crashed on uphill slope.
Source of Information
http://www.adf-serials.com, http://www.dhc4and5.org/http://www.adf-serials.com, http://www.dhc4and5.org/Primary Cause
Loss of control due to excessive speed and/or a combination of factors including terrain conditions and pilot error.Loss of control due to excessive speed and/or a combination of factors including terrain conditions and pilot error.Share on:
