ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193652
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| Date: | Friday 24 June 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 182D Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Wings of Hope PNG |
| Registration: | N8841X |
| MSN: | 18253241 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tumolbil Airstrip, West Sepik -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Yapsie |
| Tumolbil Airstrip (AYQL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIC PNG |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot of a Cessna 182 aircraft, registered N8841X, was conducting a ‘private flight’ delivering medical supplies to Yapsie and Tumolbil, in the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. After unloading supplies at Yapsie the aircraft departed for Tumolbil carrying medical supplies
and a bottle of compressed propane gas. The air traffic services (ATS) flight strip showed that the pilot advised ATS that he was in the circuit area at 01:05 UTC and he cancelled SAR on the ground at 01:06. During his interview with the AIC, the pilot stated that his final approach into the Tumolbil airstrip seemed straight forward, but as the aircraft flared, the nose-wheel heavily impacted the strip surface. The aircraft bounced causing it to pivot about its lateral axis, and strike the rear fuselage on the ground. The pilot, the sole occupant was uninjured. The aircraft could not be flown out from Tumolbil due to the damage sustained during the heavy landing.
The pilot was unfamiliar with the Tumolbil airstrip. He was operating untrained and unchecked into some of the most challenging environments in PNG, and into some of the most difficult airstrips. With only 2,800 hours total aeronautical experience, 300 hours on type and just about 100 hours within PNG.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.aic.gov.pg/pdf/FinRpts/2016/AIC%2016-1003%20N8841X.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2017 20:06 | harro | Added |
| 13-Aug-2018 19:55 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Jun-2023 11:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Source]] |
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