ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333590
| Date: | Saturday 8 April 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Papuan Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-PAT |
| MSN: | 33242/16494 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bereina Airport (BEA) -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby-Jackson Field (POM/AYPY) |
| Kundiawa-Chimbu Airport (CMU/AYCH) |
During a cargo flight, while en route at 12000 feet, smoke was seen coming from the cargo, forcing the flight crew to carry out an emergency landing. Immediately after landing at Bereina an uncontrollable fire developed. The fire was probably caused by incorrectly packed chemicals.
Sources:
The Canberra Times - 10 Apr 1961
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