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| Date: | Friday 21 June 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 Super King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Tropicair |
| Registration: | P2-JAU |
| MSN: | BL-39 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Enroute to Port Moresby -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY) |
| unknown | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The ELT (emergency locator transmitter) became activated in flight and the resulting signal blocked transmission on nearby frequencies. The aircraft returned to Port Moresby using the non radio procedure. Communication was still available over the H.F spectrum
Sources:
Safety notice. Engineers report, Flight crew bulletin
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | P2-SIA | SIL Aviation | 0 | Aiyura Airport (AYU) | |
sub |
| 17 December 2014 | P2-JAU | Tropicair | 0 | Enroute between Tokua and Port Moresby | |
non |
| 1 September 2023 | P2-JAU | Tropicair | 0 | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY) | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2019 05:52 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 14-Sep-2019 08:13 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, ] |
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