ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225968
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| Date: | Saturday 17 December 1977 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Cessna U206B Super Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Talair |
| Registration: | P2-SEE |
| MSN: | U206-0864 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bundi, Eastern Highlands -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Goroka (AYGA/GKA) |
| Bundi (BDI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A weather-related landing accident.
It was the pilot's second trip to Bundi village that Saturday morning. In heavy, blinding rain he landed "long", some 450 metres past the usual touchdown area. Unable to stop, the aircraft careered down the wet and slippery airstrip and plunged into a steep gorge. The pilot, John Thomas Keane (25), and his eight PNG passengers (including one child and three babies) all lost their lives. Pilot inexperience, only 421 flying hours logged, probably contributed to the accident.
Sources:
PNG Post-Courier, 19 December 1977, page 1.
PNG Post-Courier, 20 December 1977, page 3.
PNG Post-Courier, 3 January 1978, page 5.
Canberra Times, 19 December 1977, page 3.
https://www.pprune.org/australia-new-zealand-pacific/622054-crash-cessna-u206b-p2-see-png-17-12-77-a.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2019 16:48 | angels one five | Added |
| 28-Apr-2022 19:18 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 19:02 | Turbulator | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2023 21:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 01-Jul-2023 07:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [[[Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]] |
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