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| Date: | Monday 6 October 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A4-147 |
| MSN: | 147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tapini Airport (TPI) -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Tapini Airport (TPI/AYTI) |
Crashed short of the runway.
Sources:
DeHavilland Caribou Roster
The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 7, 1969
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