| Date: | Thursday 11 September 1986 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-114 Riley Heron 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Fiji Air |
| Registration: | DQ-FEC |
| MSN: | 14078 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vanuabalavu Airport (VBV) -
 Fiji
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vanuabalavu Airport (VBV/NFVB) |
| Suva-Nausori Airport (SUV/NFSU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft veered left off the runway during a downhill and downwind takeoff and collided with a tree.
PROBALE CAUSE: (1) Insufficient visual clues for the pilot to maintain directional control; (2) pilot self medication.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/88 (#23)
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