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| Date: | Wednesday 13 March 1974 |
| Time: | 12:43 |
| Type: |  Cessna U206C Super Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| Registration: | VH-EFO |
| MSN: | U206-01026 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lae Airfield, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Lae - (old town strip) |
| AYMC - Menyamya | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit a house when crashed.
Person inside house later died of injuries in hospital.
Pilot and two passenger on charter flight to Menyamya, rough running engine on take-off, pilot turned back and stalled and spun.
Sources:
1. Papua New Guinea Post-Courier 15 March 1974, p3
2. www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/16533-vh-efo-1
3. Balus Vol II, page 255
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2019 06:58 | TB | Added |
| 22-Jul-2020 22:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 01-Oct-2020 06:21 | Petropavlovsk | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2023 21:26 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 27-Jun-2023 10:32 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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