| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 28, 1972 |
| Time: | 1430 |
| Location: | Papua, New Guinea |
| Operator: | Military - Royal Australian Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Lae - Port Moresby |
| AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou |
| Registration: | A4-233 |
| cn / ln: | 233 |
| Aboard: | 29 (passengers:26 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 25 (passengers:22 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While traveling through a valley, the pilot reversed his course after the weather deteriorated. He began to climb but clipped trees just below a ridge, lost control of the aircraft and crashed. The pilot's error in judgement in not flying about the poor weather in the valley. |
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