
Descripción:
The BN-2A-20 Islander aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain at 8,700 ft in an area of the Rawlinson Ranges known as Twenty Mile Gap. The aircraft was returning to Nadzab Airport with a cargo of coffee from remote Ogeranang.
» Scramble
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | sábado 20 junio 1987 |
| Tipo: |  IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander |
| Operador: | Kiunga Aviation |
| Registración: | P2-KAD |
| Numéro de série: | 800 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1976-08-21 (10 years 10 months) |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 32 km (20 milles) de Lae ( Papúa Nueva Guinea)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Ogeranang Airstrip (OGE/AYOG), Papúa Nueva Guinea |
| Lae-Nadzab Airport (LAE/AYNZ), Papúa Nueva Guinea |
The BN-2A-20 Islander aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain at 8,700 ft in an area of the Rawlinson Ranges known as Twenty Mile Gap. The aircraft was returning to Nadzab Airport with a cargo of coffee from remote Ogeranang.
Fuentes:
» The Canberra Times - 23 Jun 1987» Scramble
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Ogeranang Airstrip to Lae-Nadzab Airport as the crow flies is 71 km (45 miles).
Distance from Ogeranang Airstrip to Lae-Nadzab Airport as the crow flies is 71 km (45 miles).
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