ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83277
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| Date: | Friday 3 May 2002 |
| Time: | 15:25 |
| Type: |  CPC Fletcher FU-24-950M |
| Owner/operator: | Adventist Aviation Services |
| Registration: | P2-SDG |
| MSN: | 18 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km SW of Goroka, Eastern Highlands -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Karamui |
| Goroka Airport (GKA/AYGA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Karimui to Goroka when it crashed about 30 km south-west of Goroka, and south of the Kaw Kaw Gap. Pilot Les Anderson (58), the sole occupant, was killed.
Sources:
http://www.dave.wise.btinternet.co.uk/DWFletcher.htm
https://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting-point/384700-merged-apng-twin-otter-missing-10.html
https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2002-05-05/mission-pilot-dies-in-papua-new-guinea-plane-crash/
https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=H7RK#fnref54
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 May 1956 | ZK-BHP | Farmers Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd | 0 | near Balclutha, Otago |  |
sub |
| 20 February 1964 | ZK-BSM | Robertson Air Service Ltd | 0 | Ohinewai, Waikato | |
unk |
| 5 November 1976 | ZK-BSM | Robertson Air Service Ltd | Pirongia, Waikato | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2010 17:20 | TB | Added |
| 07-Jan-2011 05:09 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2015 18:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 11-Jun-2022 18:24 | Turbulator | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2023 08:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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