| Date: | Monday 17 November 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III |
| Owner/operator: | Provincial Air Services |
| Registration: | VH-BSG |
| MSN: | 0279 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Annanberg-Nodabu Airstrip (AOB) -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Annanberg-Nodabu Airstrip (AOB) |
| Annanberg-Nodabu Airstrip (AOB) |
The Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander aircraft overran the soft wet airstrip at Annanberg, PNG, during takeoff and plunged off the end of the runway into the flooded Ramu River. Four occupants did not survive the accident.
The aircraft was overloaded for the runway in use.
Sources:
The Canberra Times - 18 Nov 1980
Official accident report PNG
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; May 1978
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