Date:	Saturday 27 December 1986
Time:	13:48
Type:	de Havilland DH-114 Riley Heron 2B
Owner/operator:	Sunflower Airlines
Registration:	DQ-FEF
MSN:	14056
Year of manufacture:	1955
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	NE of Nadi International Airport (NAN) -   Fiji
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Savusavu Airport (SVU/NFNS)
Destination airport:	Nadi International Airport (NAN/NFFN)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
At 500 feet on approach to Nadi the right flap jammed at 35° while the left one continued to 60°. The aircraft rolled to 90° bank, struck the ground and cart wheeled short of runway 21.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Unsecured non-standard flap attachment pin migrated upward and lodged in a lightening hole.

Aviation Letter 243
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/88 (#24)

photo (c) Jo Zauleck; Nausori-Nadi flight; 03 October 1986

photo (c) Jo Zauleck; Nausori-Nadi flight; 03 October 1986

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