- Date
- April 13, 2016
- Place
- Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
- Injuries
- 12 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- P2-SBCBritten Norman BN2
- Defining event
- Approach: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 93007
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Papua New Guinea has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BRITTEN NORMAN BN2 airplane that occurred on April 13, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Papua New Guinea's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Papua New Guinea.
Aircraft
- Registration
- P2-SBC
- Reported as
- Britten Norman BN2 (Islander)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Sunbird Aviation LTD