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Date: | Monday 28 June 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 206 Super Skywagon |
Owner/operator: | Divine Word Airways |
Registration: | VH-DWF |
MSN: | 206-0324 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Bundi Gap, Eastern Highlands -
Papua New Guinea
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Madang (AYMD) |
Destination airport: | Keglsugl |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft was en route from Madang to Keglsugl on the slopes of Mt Wilhelm when it crashed into near-vertical terrain at around 8000 feet in the vicinity of the Bundi Gap in the Bismarck Range, about 25 miles north-west of Goroka. Pilot Rev. Joseph Walachy (48), and the passenger Very Rev. Joseph Bayer (49) both died in the crash. (Newspaper reports stated that the aircraft crashed near the Asaloka Gap, about 15 miles north-west of Goroka. This is about 10 miles left of the direct track and conflicts with the death certificates.)
Sources:
1. The Canberra Times 1 July 1965, p10,
2. The Canberra Times 2 July 1965, p4,
3. The Canberra Times 3 July 1965, p11,
4. The Newcasle and Maitland Catholic Sentinel, Vol XXXIII No 11, 1st August 1965.
5.
www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/15934-vh-dwf-1 6. University of Queensland, Fryer Library, manuscript F3355.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Oct-2019 07:50 |
TB |
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22-Jul-2020 22:19 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Jun-2022 10:30 |
Turbulator |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-Jun-2023 21:22 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |