Date:	Sunday 22 October 1978
Time:
Type:	IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
Owner/operator:	Solomon Islands Airlines
Registration:	H4-AAC
MSN:	613
Year of manufacture:	1970
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Bellona Island -   Solomon Islands
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Bellona Airport (BNY/AGGB)
Destination airport:	Honiara-Henderson International Airport (HIR/AGGH)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
While attempting to return to Bellona after encountering weather, the pilot became disoriented and was unable to locate Bellona. The plane ditched into the sea after running out of fuel while the pilot was in radio contact.
The airplane was never found.

The chief pilot Solomon Islands Airlines at the time claimed that the local population had stolen the battery from the navaid at Bellona which interfered with a safe return to Honiara.

Flight International 20 January 1979
Peter Thompson (E-mail, 10-8-2010)
World Directory of Airliner Crashes

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Jul-2024 15:19	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]