ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67869
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Jay Russell Ginder |
| Registration: | N80AS |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rabaul Airport, East New Britain -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby, PNG (POM/AYPY) |
| Rabaul Airport, PNG (RAB/AYTK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 26 June 1976: Crashed on landing at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, during a flight-around-the-world solo attempt. According to a contemporary newspaper report (see link #2):
"SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A former Lancaster, Pa., man attempting to fly around, the world and make it home for the Fourth of July was killed when his plane crashed while landing at Rabaul in Papua-New Guinea. The U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby identified the pilot as Jay Russell Ginder, 49, of Birmingham, Ala. The official said the cause of the crash on Saturday was not known. The Papua-New Guinea civil aviation agency said it is investigating the cause of the crash. Suie Ginder, his mother, said from her Lancaster home that she had been informed by authorities that the plane had swerved left and hit a coconut tree just before landing. Ginder, a sales manager for Combustion Engineering Inc. in nine southeastern states, had left Birmingham, Ala., on June 5, piloting his own twin-engine plane east to Europe.
He then had flown to Egypt, Singapore, Australia and Port Moresby and was on his way to the Pacific island of Tarawa when he crashed. Ginder is survived by his widow, the former Maxine Clark of Wellsville, N.Y., and two children, Angela, 12, and Steven, 10. His body will be sent to the United States, the embassy official said."
Sources:
1. https://www.pprune.org/australia-new-zealand-pacific/384700-merged-apng-twin-otter-missing-10.html#post5134819
2. Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania June 29, 1976 Page 5: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/19410206/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2009 09:21 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 28-Jan-2015 02:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2017 18:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2017 18:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 23-Mar-2017 18:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2023 05:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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