Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 JAN 1995 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 |
| Operator: | Islands Nationair |
| Registration: | P2-IAA |
| C/n / msn: | 244 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bili (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bili Airstrip, Papua New Guinea |
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Directional control lost on takeoff. The Twin Otter ran off the runway onto a soft grass area. The nosegear collapsed. Reported damaged beyond repair by TPAPL.
Sources:
» TPAPL
Photos
This Twin Otter was sold to Islands Aviation as P2-IAA July 1991
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.
