Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 28 February 1978
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator: Talair
Registration Number: P2-RDE
Location: Garaina Airport (GAR) – ÿ Papua New Guinea
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: Aircraft landing gear.Aircraft landing gear.
Category: Accident
An aircraft crashed after it overshot the runway during landing.An aircraft crashed after it overshot the runway during landing.

Description

The aircraft crashed after it overshot the runway on landing.

Source of Information

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250334441http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250334441

Primary Cause

Aircraft overshooting the runway during landing.Aircraft overshooting the runway during landing.

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