VH-TGX as P2-RDC  DHC-3 Twin Otter 200                           (c/n  123)

                                 

                                       Although this Twin Otter was on the Australian civil register from July 1968 until it was
                                       reregistered in PNG in May 1974 as P2-TGX, I have never gleaned a photo of it as such.  
                                       It was registered P2-RDC in March 1976.  David Carter's photo above, was taken at
                                       Port Moresby in 1989.     On 9 September 1991 -RDC was returning to Mendi along
                                      with another Talair DHC-6 when the weather deteriorated rapidly.       The first DHC-6
                                      landed safely but -RDC executed a missed approach and then entered a low circuit
                                      attempting to maintain visual.   A forced landing was then made on an adjacent road
                                      whereupon the aircraft collided with trees forcing the engine and propellor into the fuselage.


             


Pic at Pt Moresby 3/89