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| Date: | Sunday 13 July 2025 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Tropicair |
| Registration: | P2-AMH |
| MSN: | 208B0785 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Balimo Airstrip (AYBM) -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY) |
| Balimo Airstrip (AYBM) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIC PNG |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was involved in a landing accident at Balimo, Western District.
The aircraft has suffered severe damage with all three propellor blades bent and damage to nose landing gear, and right hand main landing gear.
Such damage normally requires removal of propellor reduction gear box and possibly engine for shock loading. The accident would be classified as very expensive.
Sources:
Facebook pictures and first hand account from flight crew
https://www.nbc.com.pg/post/23431/investigations-underway-into-plane-crash-in-balimo-western-province
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 2018 | P2-AMH | Tropicair | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY) | |
min | |
| 21 August 2019 | P2-AMH | Tropicair | 0 | Kamusi (AYKS) | |
non |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2025 08:42 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 13-Jul-2025 08:43 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 13-Jul-2025 18:44 | ASN | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Category, ] |
| 14-Jul-2025 05:49 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2025 09:29 | ASN | Updated |
| 18-Jul-2025 15:56 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 24-Jul-2025 09:08 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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