Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Jun 17, 1999 (17 killed)
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on June 17, 1999 near Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea with 17 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight...
- Date: June 17, 1999
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 17
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew descended under VFR in IMC conditions, off course and below the minimum altitude.
An Airlink Embraer Bandeirante flew from Lae to Goroka with 15 passengers and two pilots. While descending in marginal weather it was about one km off course and below a safe altitude, and it struck the slope of a mountain about 20 km from the airport. All 17 people aboard were killed.