Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 MAR 1965 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A4-202 |
| C/n / msn: | 202 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Porgera Airport (RGE) (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Porgera Airport (RGE), Papua New Guinea |
Overshot runway and crashed on uphill slope.
Sources:
» DeHavilland Caribou Roster
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
