Date: | Sunday 23 December 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | GAF Nomad N.22B |
Owner/operator: | Douglas Airways |
Registration: | P2-DNL |
MSN: | 39 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Manari Airport (MRM) -
Papua New Guinea
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Port Moresby-Jacksons International Airport (POM/AYPY) |
Destination airport: | Manari Airport (MRM/AYMA) |
Narrative:A GAF Nomad N.22B aircraft crashed near Manari Airport in Papua New Guinea, killing all 16 on board.
According to witnesses the aircraft touched down briefly before the pilot carried out a go around. After banking left the airplane is said to have entered a steep descent, crashing down a steep embankment below the side of the airstrip.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that a fault in a governor may have caused one of the two props to go to 100% RPM with only 50% torque.
Sources:
pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions The Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 26, 1979 Flight International 26 January 1980 (216)
The Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 27, 1979 The Canberra Times - 26 Dec 1979 Location
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