- Date
- December 30, 2009, 06:18 local (06:18 UTC)
- Place
- Baindoang, PNG, Papua New Guinea
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- P2-MJLCessna 185
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Teledyne Continental Motors, Cessna Aircraft, Air Transport Division
- Case key
- 75215
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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.
Factual narrative
On December 30, 2009, about 0618 UTC (coordinated universal time), a Papua New Guinea (PNG) registered Cessna 185E, P2-MJL, made a forced emergency landing on mountainous terrain following a loss of oil pressure, about 1 nautical mile southwest of a remote airstrip in Baindoang, Morobe Province, PNG. The airplane was operated by Kiunga Aviation, Lae, PNG, as a domestic flight. The commercial certificated pilot was seriously injured, and the six passengers were killed. The airplane was destroyed in a post-crash fire. The airplane had departed the Lae Nadzab Airport, Lae, PNG, and was destined for Baindoang. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Papua New Guinea. This report is for information purposes only. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Department of Transport Air Transport Division Enga Haus 1, Ground Floor, 7 Mile P.O. Box 1489 Port Moresby, NCD Papua New Guinea Tel: +675-325-7500
Aircraft
- Registration
- P2-MJL
- Reported as
- Cessna 185 (E)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18501947
- Airframe hours
- 12,916
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental Motors IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Kiunga Aviation
- Registered owner
- Kiunga Aviation
- Last inspection
- December 2, 2009
- Departed
- AYNZ · Lae Nadzab Airp
- Destination
- Baindoang
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Baindoang Airstrip
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificates
- Foreign, Commercial
- Last flight review
- November 24, 2008
- Flight hours
- 23,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 24, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.7 MB in all.