| Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1996 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Milne Bay Air |
| Registration: | P2-MBB |
| MSN: | 290 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km NE of Mendi Airport (MDU) -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Bosavi Airstrip |
| Mendi Airport (MDU/AYMN) |
The Twin Otter struck a mountain in clouds and rain at an altitude of 9200 feet.
Sources:
Manila Standard - Jul 11, 1996
AVWeb 96-28
Scramble 210
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; March 1990
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