ASN Aircraft accident IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander P2-SWC Tabubil
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Date:Tuesday 22 November 1994
Time:11:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic BN2P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander
Operator:Southwest Air
Registration: P2-SWC
MSN: 835
First flight: 1977-03-17 (17 years 8 months)
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:54 km (33.8 mls) ESE of Tabubil (   Papua New Guinea)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Selbang Airport (SBC/AYSO), Papua New Guinea
Destination airport:Bolovip Airport (BVP), Papua New Guinea
Narrative:
Crashed into mountain in poor weather.

Sources:
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» Scramble
» WAAS
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes


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Distance from Selbang Airport to Bolovip Airport as the crow flies is 12 km (7 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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