Date: | Friday 24 September 1982 |
Time: | 15:15 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
Owner/operator: | Royal Malaysian Air Force - RMAF |
Registration: | M21-17 |
MSN: | 306 |
Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 4 km N of Kampung Atap -
Malaysia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Taiping Airport (TPG/WMBI) |
Destination airport: | Kuala Lumpur (unknown airport) |
Narrative:The DHC-4A Caribou crashed in the Cameron Highlands, 24 km west of Brinchang, Malaysia, killing all seven on board.
The aircraft departed Taiping at 14:50 on a supply mission for Orang Asli settlements in Gedung, Atap and Tenom areas.
Last contact with the flight was at 15:15 hours.
Crashed. The airplane was reported missing forty minutes into the flight while over the Cameron Highlands. The wreckage was found the next day in hilly jungle terrain.
Sources:
DeHavilland Caribou Roster New Straits Times Malaysia - Sep 26, 1982 p.1 The Straits Times, 27 September 1982, Page 13
The Straits Times, 27 September 1982, Page 13
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