| Date: | Saturday 1 July 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Vanimo Trading |
| Registration: | P2-VTC |
| MSN: | 13 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km from Kiunga -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY) |
| Tabubil Airport (TBG/AYTB) |
After a flight from Port Moresby the aircraft had to divert to Kiunga due to bad weather at its destination Tabubil. During climbout from Tabubil the no. 2 engine failed. On approach to Kiunga the other engine also failed. The Caribou crashed into trees, short of the runway.
Sources:
Scramble 195(53)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL); July 1981
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