ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341672
| Date: | Thursday 23 October 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor |
| Owner/operator: | Guinea Airways |
| Registration: | VH-UTB |
| MSN: | 5-AT-068 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1929 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Little Wau Creek -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
Ran off runway into river on takeoff. There was a full load of sawn lumber on board. One of the engines had lost power on takeoff.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
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