ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216649
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 October 2018 |
| Time: | 15:23 |
| Type: |  Cessna U206G Stationair II |
| Owner/operator: | Air Taxi Vanuatu |
| Registration: | YJ-AL5 |
| MSN: | U20604563 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dillon’s Bay Airstrip, Erromango -
 Vanuatu
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Tanna |
| Vila | |
| Investigating agency: | AIC PNG |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Cessna U206G Stionairair operated by Air Taxi Vanuatu suffered an engine failure in flight.
The pilot elected to make a forced landing on the nearby Dillon’s Bay Airstrip. However, he was unable to extend the glide to the strip and the aircraft impacted a lightly timbered, heavily grassed area about 100 metres short of the strip 10 threshold.
Sources:
https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2018-10-24/jerseyman-involved-in-airplane-crash-during-honeymoon/
https://www.facebook.com/Nakmediatv/posts/650653871995890
https://airtaxivanuatu.com/the-air-taxi-fleet/
http://dailypost.vu/news/cause-of-engine-trouble-still-unknown-air-taxi-ceo/article_9087f048-7b06-58fc-9947-738c2d0886c2.html
http://www.aic.gov.pg/pdf/media/release/2020/Media%20Release%2005-2020.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2018 14:47 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 25-Oct-2018 14:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 30-Oct-2018 08:04 | 3204Cedric | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Mar-2020 10:40 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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