- Date
- April 23, 2025, 08:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sangkiang Village, Papua New Guinea
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- VH-SOYCessna 188
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 200060
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-SOY
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial