ASN Aircraft accident IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander P2-ISA Bapi Airport (BPD)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Saturday 29 April 2000
Type:Silhouette image of generic BN2P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander
Operator:North Coast Aviation
Registration: P2-ISA
MSN: 703
First flight: 1974-01-25 (26 years 3 months)
Engines: 2 Lycoming IO-540-K1B5
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Bapi Airport (BPD) (   Papua New Guinea)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Bapi Airport (BPD), Papua New Guinea
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
It is understood that the plane had failed to clear trees at the end of the airstrip. The plane crashed and burned.
Bapi has a single grassed brown clay runway (14/32) which is 495 m long and has a 1,5% slope to the northwest. Elevation of the airport is 2934 feet.

Sources:
» Thomas Brügge
» Plane flying very low: witness (NZ Herald, 2-5-2000)


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