
Narrative:
The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while being operated into an airstrip at which repair work was in progress and the persons responsible for the airstrip had failed to notify the aircraft operator that work was in progress.
» Twenty plane crashes in ten years, seven deaths Recommendations made (Stabroek News 22-2-2008)
» source: Werner Fischdick
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 29 May 1996 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-27Â Islander |
| Operator: | Trans Guyana Airways |
| Registration: | 8R-GHG |
| MSN: | 116 |
| First flight: | 1969-09-30 (26 years 8 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Holitipu Airstrip ( Guyana)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while being operated into an airstrip at which repair work was in progress and the persons responsible for the airstrip had failed to notify the aircraft operator that work was in progress.
Sources:
» Scramble» Twenty plane crashes in ten years, seven deaths Recommendations made (Stabroek News 22-2-2008)
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 SEP 1969 | G-51-46 | first flight | |
| ST-ADJ | United Nations Development Programme | ||
| N2905C | Franklin H. W. Davis | ||
| N2905C | SBA Corporation | ||
| N9699N | David B. Ubel | ||
| N9699N | Air Crane Inc. | ||
| YV-473C | |||
| N9699N | General Aviation Services Inc. | ||
| 11 MAR 1991 | 8R-GHG | Trans Guyana Airways |
» source: Werner Fischdick
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