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.
» Plane flying very low: witness (NZ Herald, 2-5-2000)
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Saturday 29 April 2000 |
| Type: |  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)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bapi Airport (BPD), Papua New Guinea |
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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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