ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226840
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| Date: | 26-MAY-1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Provincial Air Services |
| Registration: | P2-HAB |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tari Gap, Southern Highlands Province -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mendi (AYMN) |
| Tari (AYTA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Beechcraft Baron went missing while conducting a charter flight from Mendi to Tari with 1 Southern Highlands passenger in board. An extensive search was carried out for 2 weeks then abandoned. The wreckage was eventually found by villagers, in the vicinity of the Tari Gap, over 2 years later, on 17th September 1982. The pilot, Mark Hilton Garlick (22), and the passenger were killed.
Sources:
Balus, Vol. III, page 174, by James Sinclair,
PNG Post-Courier, 29 May 1980, page 3,
PNG Post-Courier, 10 June 1980, page 3.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2019 06:51 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 26-Nov-2021 01:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Damage] |
| 11-Jun-2022 19:13 | Turbulator | Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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