Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 VH-TGS, Wednesday 19 November 1969
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Date:Wednesday 19 November 1969
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator:TAA-Trans Australia Airlines
Registration: VH-TGS
MSN: 8
Year of manufacture:1966
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial, repaired
Category:Accident
Location:Marawaka -   Papua New Guinea
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Damaged in an accident at Marawaka, PNG.

Sources:

https://twinotterworldnews.com/accidents
https://www.aussieairliners.org/dhc-6/vh-tgs/vhtgs.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

5 March 2006 C-FCCE Transwest Air 0 La Ronge Airport (CYVC), SK sub
4 February 2009 C-FCCE Transwest Air 0 La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC) sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Feb-2025 04:08 Ron Averes Added
23-Feb-2025 14:52 ASN Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]

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