ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279200
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| Date: | Friday 22 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna U206D Super Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Talair |
| Registration: | P2-SEL |
| MSN: | U206-1409 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Marawaka, Eastern Highlands -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Goroka (AYGA/GKA) |
| Marawaka (AYMW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was on a charter flight from Goroka to Marawaka with 8 passengers on board. While cruising at 9000 feet the engine experienced severe vibration and lost power. The aircraft descended through cloud and crashed about 40 km south-west of Marawaka. The pilot, Robert Gray (24), and 7 passengers, including a parliamentarian, were killed. One passenger, a 10 year old girl, was injured but survived. The vibration was found to have been caused by failure of a pitch change pin in one propeller blade. The propeller had recently been overhauled.
Sources:
Canberra Times, 24 December 1978, page 1,
PNG Post-Courier, 27 December 1978, pages 1 and 4,
PNG Post-Courier, 28 December 1978, page 4,
Balus, vol. III, page 78.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2022 14:04 | Turbulator | Added |
| 01-Jun-2023 21:36 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 25-Jun-2023 09:10 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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