Acting Board Chairman of the PNG, Captain Aria Bouraga said, “The AIC was notified about the accident by the Operator of the aircraft through a phone call at 04:44 pm local time. The operator reported that the accident occurred during the take-off roll at Dodomona airstrip.”
According to Captain Bouraga, the pilot discontinued the take-off, and the aircraft overran the departure end of airstrip, down a slope at the end of the airstrip, overturned and came to a rest, inverted.
