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| Date: | Monday 23 June 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Kobio Aviation |
| Registration: | P2-KAL |
| MSN: | 715 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Dusin Airport (AYDS) -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dusin Airport (AYDS) |
| Mount Hagen-Kagamuga Airport (HGU/AYMH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft suffered a tail strike on take off due to undulations on strip causing Aircraft to hit tail stinger
The flight crew continued back to Mt. Hagen where the aircraft was inspected and found to have localized damage to Tail strike area
Sources:
Reports from KAL crew
https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/666752-kobio-aviation-twin-otter-damaged-png-23-june-2025-a.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 October 2024 | P2-KAL | Kobio Aviation | 0 | Kairik Airstrip (AYKX) | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2025 05:23 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 24-Jun-2025 05:24 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 24-Jun-2025 05:24 | ASN | Updated |
| 27-Jun-2025 07:27 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jul-2025 00:27 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Location, Source, Category, ] |
| 06-Jul-2025 00:28 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Category, ] |
| 01-Oct-2025 09:46 | ASN | Updated [Damage, ] |
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