Accident Dornier Do-27H-2 VH-CHR,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71934
 
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Date:Saturday 17 June 1961
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DO27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Dornier Do-27H-2
Owner/operator:Goroka Catholic Mission
Registration: VH-CHR
MSN: 2077
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mount Gisauka, Eastern Highlands -   Papua New Guinea
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Goroka (GKA/AYGA)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed into mountain. Pilot Father Harry McGee died.

Sources:

1. https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-256661.html
2. http://www.f3.webmart.de/f.cfm?id=1848458&r=threadview&t=3579091&pg=1
3. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/dornier-do-27-in-papua-new-guinea-t139935-s12308879720.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jan-2010 23:43 TB Added
27-Jan-2010 11:54 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2010 12:38 TB Updated [Phase]
12-Dec-2010 15:02 TB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-May-2012 04:42 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
14-Apr-2014 17:58 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Aug-2014 18:05 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
28-Jun-2023 04:59 Ron Averes Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]]

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