ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26340
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| Date: | Monday 23 April 1973 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 207 Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Seventh Day Adventist Mission |
| Registration: | VH-UBY |
| MSN: | 207-00139 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Goroka Airport, Eastern Highlands -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Goroka (AYGA/GKA) |
| Lae (AYLA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was on a mission flight from Goroka heading for Lae but 2 minutes after take-off the pilot transmitted 2 Mayday calls reporting that he was experiencing engine trouble. The aircraft attempted to turn back to land but crashed in a ditch near the Highlands highway, about 3/4 mile from the airport. The pilot, Pastor Lawrence Graham Shields (31), was killed along with 3 members of a family, Matthew Singoi (medical missionary, 35), Remah Singoi (11) and Harvi Singoi (3). The other 4 passengers were seriously injured.
Sources:
1. PNG Post-Courier, 24 April 1973, page 1,
2. PNG Post-Courier, 25 April 1973, pages 1,3,7,
3. Canberra Times, 24 April 1973, page 3,
4. New Nation, 24 April 1973, page 7,
5. www.austairdata.com.au
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Aug-2011 13:03 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2014 02:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2017 17:58 | TB | Updated [Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2019 17:56 | Captain Adam | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2019 16:45 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2021 01:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 14-Jun-2022 05:56 | Turbulator | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 25-Jun-2023 08:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo]] |
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