Date:	Monday 28 June 1965
Time:
Type:	Cessna U206 Super Skywagon
Owner/operator:	Divine Word Airways
Registration:	VH-DWF
MSN:	206-0324
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Bundi Gap -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Madang (AYMD)
Destination airport:	Chimbu Airport (AYCH)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The aircraft was en route from Madang to "Keg(u)lsugl" (Kenggaku-Kuruku, Chimbu ?) on the slopes of Mt Wilhelm when it crashed into near-vertical terrain at around 8000 feet in the vicinity of the Bundi Gap in the Bismarck Range, about 25 miles north-west of Goroka. Pilot Rev. Joseph Walachy (48), and the passenger Very Rev. Joseph Bayer (49) both died in the crash. (Newspaper reports stated that the aircraft crashed near the Asaloka Gap, about 15 miles north-west of Goroka. This is about 10 miles left of the direct track and conflicts with the death certificates.)

The Canberra Times 1 July 1965, p10/2 JUL, p4/3 JUL, p11
4. The Newcasle and Maitland Catholic Sentinel, Vol XXXIII No 11, 1st August 1965.
5. www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/15934-vh-dwf-1
6. University of Queensland, Fryer Library, manuscript F3355

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Oct-2019 07:50	TB	Added
22-Jul-2020 22:19	Ron Averes	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
13-Jun-2022 10:30	Turbulator	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Jun-2023 21:22	Ron Averes	Updated
02-Jul-2025 08:12	TB	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]