Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JUL 1995 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou |
| Operator: | Vanimo Trading |
| Registration: | P2-VTC |
| C/n / msn: | 13 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) from Kiunga (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY), Papua New Guinea |
| Tabubil Airport (TBG), Papua New Guinea |
After a flight from Port Moresby the aircraft had to divert to Kiunga due to bad weather at it's destination Tabubil. During climbout from Tabubil the no. 2 engine failed. On approach to Kiunga the other engine also failed. The Caribou crashed into trees, short of the runway.
Sources:
» Scramble 195(53)
Photos
60-3762 was sold as N9014W in 1987, flew for NewCal as N9014W and moved to PNG as P2-VTC
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport to Tabubil Airport as the crow flies is 804 km (502 miles).
Distance from Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport to Tabubil Airport as the crow flies is 804 km (502 miles).
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.
