PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Jan 18, 2022
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on January 18, 2022 near Oksapmin (Tekin), Western (Fly), Papua New Guinea with no fatalities....
- Date: January 18, 2022
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Oksapmin (Tekin), Western (Fly), Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: During touchdown the main gear tire hit the 15 cm elevation at the runway edge, weakening the left main gear assembly and causing it to collapse.
A Niugini Aviation Services PAC 750XL landing at Tekin airstrip hit the 15 cm edge of the runway with a main wheel, and the left main gear assembly collapsed, causing a runway excursion. The pilot and seven passengers were unhurt, in a repeat of an accident days earlier.