Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 17 October 1959 |
Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3m |
Operator: | Gibbes Sepik Airways |
Registration: | VH-BUU |
MSN: | J7256 |
First flight: | 1941 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Baiyer River Airfield ( Papua New Guinea)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Baiyer River Airfield, Papua New Guinea |
Narrative:A Junkers Ju-52/3m was damaged after it groundlooped on landing at Baiyer River, PNG. The airplane swung into a drainage ditch.
The airplane was withdrawn from use and stripped for spares.
Classification:
Runway mishap
Sources:
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VH-BUU Junkers Ju 52/3m»
PacificWrecks.com
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.