PNG AIC releases interim report on Twin Otter CFIT accident near Kokoda
published: 18 SEP 2009
by Harro Ranter, ASN
The Papua New Guinea Accident Investigation Commission (AIC) has released its Preliminary Factual Report into the collision with terrain that occurred near Kokoda, Papua New Guinea on 11 August 2009, involving a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. The airplane flew into the side of a tree covered mountain at an altitude of 5774 feet (1760 metres) during the descent towards Kokoda. (PNG AIC)
» interim report
11 AUG 2009, ca 11:15 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
P2-MCB - Airlines PNG
13 / 13
11 km (6.9 ) SSE of Kokoda Airport (KKD) (Papua New Guinea)
Domestic Scheduled Passenger flight, during cruise flight
An Airlines PNG DHC-6 Twin Otter passenger plane was destroyed when it flew into a mountainside near... (more)
