De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Aug 11, 2009 (13 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on August 11, 2009 near Kokoda, Central, Papua New Guinea with 13 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: August 11, 2009
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Kokoda, Central, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued a visual descent through the Kokoda Gap, likely entering instrument conditions, while the copilot was not qualified for instrument flight.
An Airlines PNG Twin Otter on a scheduled flight from Port Moresby to Kokoda flew into the mountainous Kokoda Gap in heavy cloud and struck terrain about 11 km southeast of the airstrip. All 13 people on board were killed. The PNG Accident Investigation Commission concluded the crew tried to continue a visual descent in conditions unsuitable for visual flight.