VH-TWV Cessna
402A
(c/n 402A0081)
Registered N4518Q for its flight to Australia, VH-TWV was delivered in
May 1970 to Trans-West
Air Charter for use on scheduled
services out of Perth. David
Carter’s picture shows it at Banks-
town prior
to delivery. On May 26, 1975 an emergency
hatch blew off in flight and struck the
tailplane.
The damage was repaired but soon after the aircraft was sold to Camden
Aircraft Sales
.
It was then to have been acquired by Panga Airways of Lae, PNG and to
become P2-PAT, but in
the event, went
to Talair as P2-TWV in August 1977. –TWV was reregistered P2-GKJ
in February
1978 and crashed into a mountain on approach to Mt Hagen on April 1,
1981 killing all eight on
board.