Piaggio P.166 Albatross crash, Mar 8, 1961 (1 killed), Mt...
Piaggio P.166 Albatross accident on March 8, 1961 near Mt Owen Stanley Oro (Northern), Papua New Guinea with 1 fatality.
- Date: March 8, 1961
- Aircraft: Piaggio P.166 Albatross
- Location: Mt Owen Stanley Oro (Northern), Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
A Papuan Air Transport Piaggio P.166 left Popondetta on 8 March 1961 on a cargo flight to Port Moresby with the pilot as the only person on board. After a last radio call reporting bad weather over the Owen Stanley Range it was declared missing, and a large search found nothing. The wreck was located in October 1970 at about 9,400 feet, and the pilot had been killed on impact.