The wreckage of Flight 1600 at the crash site, as illustrated in the final report
Accident
Date
13 October 2011 (2011-10-13)
Summary
Forced landing following dual propeller failure
Site
35 km south of Madang Airport, Papua New Guinea 5°30′32″S145°53′47″E / 5.50889°S 145.89639°E / -5.50889; 145.89639
Aircraft
Aircraft type
de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102
Operator
Airlines PNG
IATA flight No.
CG1600
ICAO flight No.
TOK1600
Call sign
BALUS 1600
Registration
P2-MCJ
Flight origin
Lae Nadzab Airport, Papua New Guinea
Destination
Madang Airport, Papua New Guinea
Occupants
32
Passengers
29
Crew
3
Fatalities
28
Injuries
4
Survivors
4
On 13 October 2011, Airlines PNG Flight 1600, a Dash 8 regional aircraft on a domestic flight from Lae to Madang, Papua New Guinea, crash-landed in a forested area near the mouth of the Guabe River,[1] after losing all engine power. Only four of the 32 people on board survived.[2][3] It was the deadliest plane crash in the history of Papua New Guinea.[4]
The subsequent investigation found that the flight crew had inadvertently retarded the throttle levers below the lowest position allowable in flight (known as flight idle), causing both propellers to overspeed and leading to a complete loss of engine power. A 'beta lockout' mechanism that would have prevented the overspeed even in case of erroneous power lever setting was available but not installed on the accident aircraft. Installation of such mechanism became subsequently mandatory on all DHC-8 aircraft worldwide.[5]
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^Fox, Liam (14 October 2011). "More than 20 dead in PNG plane crash". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
^"Aussie pilot survives as 28 die in PNG plane crash". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
^"28 die in Papua New Guinea's worst plane crash". Capital F.M. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^"Kiwi pilot blamed for deadly PNG crash". Stuff.co.nz. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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