# NTSB WPR10WA443: Cessna 550, Bugoiya, Papua New Guinea, August 31, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 31, 2010, 06:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place: Bugoiya, Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates: -10.689722, 152.831939
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-10.6897&lon=152.8319&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Air Transport Division, Cessna Aircraft
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10WA443
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77167/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77167
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10WA443

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 31, 2010, about 0630 UTC (coordinated universal time), a Papua New Guinea (PNG) registered Cessna 550, PA-TAA, was substantially damaged following an overrun and post-crash fire after landing at the Misima Airport (MIS), Bugoiya, Papua, New Guinea. The airline transport pilot and three passengers were killed, and the copilot sustained minor injuries. The flight had departed the Port Moresby Airport, Port Moresby, PNG, at about 0500, and was destined for MIS. 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: PA-TAA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550 (CITATION I)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 550-0145
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Trans Air PNG
- Departed: POM, Port Moresby
- Destination: MIS, Bugoiya
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MIS, Misima Airport, runway 26, 4,000 ×  ft, gravel

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 15, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77167. 39 KB in all.

- DMS Docket Item (item 1, .PDF, 39 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40336383&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=DMS%20Docket%20Item-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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