Aviation accidents in Papua New Guinea

9 accidents and incidents are recorded in Papua New Guinea (2008–2016), with 63 people killed and 2 seriously injured. 78% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 2008 to 1 in 2014.

Deadliest accidents

1. Airlines PNG Flight 1600, Gogol River (Oct 13, 2011) · 28 killed
2. Airlines PNG Flight 4684, Papua New Guinea (Aug 11, 2009) · 13 killed
3. 2016 Sunbird Aviation Britten-Norman Islander crash, Papua New Guinea (Apr 13, 2016) · 12 killed
4. De Havilland 6, Mount Lawes, Papua New Guinea, PG (Sep 20, 2014) · 4 killed
5. Cessna 550, Bugoiya, PG (Aug 31, 2010) · 4 killed
6. Hughes 369HS, Latangai Island, PO (Mar 2, 2013) · 1 killed
7. Bell 206, Douglas Camp, PG (Sep 25, 2008) · 1 killed
8. Eurocopter BO105, Tari, PG (Jul 7, 2011) · 0 killed
9. Cessna C208B, Kamusi, PG (Nov 25, 2013) · 0 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.