The Beagle, another great English designed aircraft and built like the proverbial (?) did not perform too well in PNG. It had a dingle at Tapini, then in February '69 an engine failed on take-off at Jacksons. The aircraft flown by well known personality, Wally Rivers was carrying only four people to Kerema, so should not have been near maxtow. Wally put it down on the access road with no injuries, but the aircraft was substantially damaged, never to fly again.
For many years it was included in the Fire Service hulks for fire fighting practice and was possibly bulldozed in when the new parallel runway was built.
Aztec VH-TGP was one of the two Aztec's operated by TAA. I can only assume that the aircraft were disposed of after the introduction of the Twin Otters.
