Accident Cessna U206C Super Skywagon VH-EFO,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229587
 
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Date:Wednesday 13 March 1974
Time:12:43
Type:Silhouette image of generic C206 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna U206C Super Skywagon
Owner/operator:Evangelical Lutheran Church
Registration: VH-EFO
MSN: U206-01026
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lae Airfield, Morobe -   Papua New Guinea
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Lae - (old town strip)
Destination airport:AYMC - Menyamya
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hit a house when crashed.
Person inside house later died of injuries in hospital.
Pilot and two passenger on charter flight to Menyamya, rough running engine on take-off, pilot turned back and stalled and spun.

Sources:

1. Papua New Guinea Post-Courier 15 March 1974, p3
2. www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/16533-vh-efo-1
3. Balus Vol II, page 255

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Oct-2019 06:58 TB Added
22-Jul-2020 22:04 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]
01-Oct-2020 06:21 Petropavlovsk Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Jun-2023 21:26 Ron Averes Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]
27-Jun-2023 10:32 Ron Averes Updated [[[Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]]

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