Coupla additions from a shakey memory.
Russ's foot was slightly jammed and he had to extricate it. Yes it was "the Leprechaun" in the left seat.
The only things salvagable from the airframe were, an aileron, an elevator and the rudder.
I agree with Tinny. The wings could have gone on a truck over to Mendi, but look at the last photo ... was it worth it?.
The only incident I heard of at Mendi was the story told of Kessey and his Hungarian F.O having a pot sail through the cowl accompanied by much alarming, loud noise.
They were in, and amongst cloud at the time and 'the powers that be' smiled on them and voila a hole appeared with Mendi below. Kessey put her in a spiral and got her down quick taim.
The wrecked airframe sat intact on the side of the strip for weeks before it became a health hazard.
Guvanmen had thoughtfully put a haus pek pek next to the strip for Oli.
Gavanmen soon decided she was a health hazard and chopped her up.
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The DC-3 PNB didn't go off the end of Madang, it started turning at an angle of about a degree to the left from the time the tail wheel touched and majestically did the last few feet of deceleration off the side of the grass strip and over the rock bank. There was still runway in front of her just not QUITE enough beside her.
F.O. was it Chris Pennicuik? was covered in Hydraulic oil and everything in the cockpit was as slippery as hell and nothing to wipe her with.
She was buggered when the mains snagged on rocks as the grader tried pulling her back up to the runway and stretched her.
