| Date: | Monday 14 August 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Registration: | VH-SBQ |
| MSN: | 241 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | W off Samarai Island -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
The engine lost power due to a cylinder failure and the pilot made a safe emergency landing on the sea. The aircraft subsequently drifted onto rocks and was destroyed. Seven passengers and two crew rescued.
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