# NTSB WPR10RA093: Cessna 185, Baindoang, PNG, Papua New Guinea, December 30, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 30, 2009, 06:18 local (06:18 UTC)
- Place: Baindoang, PNG, Papua New Guinea
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Teledyne Continental Motors, Cessna Aircraft, Air Transport Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75215
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10RA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75215/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75215
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10RA093

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185 (E)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18501947
- Airframe hours: 12916
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 68; injuries: serious; foreign, commercial; last flight review November 24, 2008; flight hours: 23,000 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 24, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75215. 5.7 MB in all.

- Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 11-062 (item 1, .PDF, 10 photos, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348876&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Materials%20Laboratory%2015%20-%20Factual%20Report%2011-062-Master.PDF
- Engine Examination Report (item 2, .PDF, 96 photos, 3.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40445634&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Engine%20Examination%20Report-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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