ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26332
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 December 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6/B-H2 Turbo Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Papuan Air Transport (Patair) |
| Registration: | VH-PNF |
| MSN: | 580 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Terapo Airfield, Gulf -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Terapo (TEO) |
| Terapo (TEO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Taking off from Terapo, Papua, the Pilatus Porter climbed rapidly immediately it became airborne, assuming an increasing nose-up attitude, until it stalled and dived to the ground. The aircraft was almost completely destroyed by impact. The aircraft, named "Mount Lamington" operated on its first commercial (air drop) flight in the Kanabea area. Pilot, Hodson Trevor Howse, was seriously injured. The sole passenger, Father Jean Besson (priest), was slightly injured.
CAUSE:
The cause of the accident was that the pilot neglected to set the tailplane trim to a position appropriate for the take-off and thereafter did not maintain control of the aircraft in the pitching plane by the means which were available to him.
Sources:
http://www.pc-6.com/history/580.htm
https://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-aviation-questions/152566-png-ples-bilong-tok-tok-99.html
Australian Aviation Safety Digest, December 1966,
PNG Post-Courier, 12 March 1974, page 10.
Images:
Photo: Department of Civii Aviation, Australia
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Nov-2010 15:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2010 04:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Nov-2010 13:36 | TB | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2010 13:55 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 19:03 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:15 | philotrix@gmail.com | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2023 19:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 30-Jun-2023 05:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [[[Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]] |
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