ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325343
| Date: | Saturday 23 January 1993 |
| Time: | 09:23 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Island Airways Ltd. |
| Registration: | P2-ISF |
| MSN: | 281 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bambu Airport (BCP) -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bambu Airport (BCP) |
A sudden tailwind on approach to Bambu Airport caused the aircraft to land long and fast on the short (410 m runway). The aircraft overran and fell down an embankment.
Sources:
World Aircraft Accident Summary - CAP 479 / Airclaims
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
Location
Images:
photo (c) Pete McGee; Bambu Airport (BCP); January 1993
photo (c) PHIL Davenport; Mendi Airport (MDU); 06 November 1985
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