Date:	Monday 26 February 2018
Time:	12:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 172R Skyhawk
Owner/operator:	Pacific Flying School
Registration:	DQ-FTR
MSN:	17281069
Year of manufacture:	1999
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mt. Delaikoro, Vanua Levu -   Fiji
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Nadi Airport
Destination airport:	Labasa Airport
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The trainer plane with two occupants, an instructor and a woman student (21), is missing. Search operations are being conducted. The teams are currently searching the areas of Suweni, Navakoro and Delaikoro. The wreckage of the plane was found on Wednesday 28 February 2018. Both occupants, instructor and trainee, had died in the crash.

http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/60357/police-confirm-report-on-missing-plane
http://web.archive.org/web/20180226111441/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=435996
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=435997]
http://web.archive.org/web/20180226084109/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=435995
https://fijisun.com.fj/2018/02/26/cessna-172-aircraft-fail-to-report-to-labasa-airport/
http://web.archive.org/web/20180228075612/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=436243
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Map: https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Fiji/@-17.5211665,178.8979413,48791a,35y,17.57h,62.86t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6e1990fd703cdc5d:0x9e9c319946ef5b93!8m2!3d-17.713371!4d178.065032?authuser=1&dg=dbrw&newdg=1
http://pfsfiji.com/

Report: https://www.civilaviation.gov.fj/DQ-FTR_FinalReport.pdf

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First image coming out following the crash of the Pacific Flying School's Cessna 172 aircraft from Delaikoro, a mountain range between Cakaudrove and Macuata, in the Northern part of Fiji..https://t.co/QyvGvMGifx pic.twitter.com/iGncgfTmi4

— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 1 mars 2018

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Feb-2018 10:43	gerard57	Added
26-Feb-2018 11:14	Iceman 29	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Photo, ]
26-Feb-2018 11:19	Iceman 29	Updated [Time]
26-Feb-2018 11:39	gerard57	Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2018 11:40	Iceman 29	Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2018 11:52	gerard57	Updated [Registration, Source]
26-Feb-2018 15:06	Geno	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
26-Feb-2018 15:11	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]
27-Feb-2018 17:40	Iceman 29	Updated [Embed code]
28-Feb-2018 08:20	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]
01-Mar-2018 09:59	Iceman 29	Updated [Embed code]
01-Mar-2018 10:02	Iceman 29	Updated [Location, Embed code]
25-Jun-2020 13:46	KagurazakaHanayo	Updated [Location, Source]
25-Jun-2020 13:48	harro	Updated [Embed code, Accident report, ]
27-Nov-2021 02:57	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]