| Registration / Serial: | 5W-FAA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 32895/16147 |
| Operator Titles: | Polynesian Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Tahiti / Faaa (NTAA / PPT)Map |
| Country: | French Polynesia |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1968 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 518500Submit Correction |
| View count: | 274 |
Faaa (Papeete) was not part of Polynesian's regular DC-3 network and its reason for being there is not known. 5W-FAA was sold in Indonesia as PK-RDB. It never arrived after being impounded at Darwin (Australia). It sat at Darwin for six years until it was wrecked in Cyclone Tracy in December 1974.
| Registration / Serial: | 5W-FAA |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 32895/16147 |
| Operator Titles: | Polynesian Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Tahiti / Faaa (NTAA / PPT)Map | Country: | French Polynesia |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1968 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 5W-FAA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 32895/16147 |
| Operator Titles: | Polynesian Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Tahiti / Faaa (NTAA / PPT)Map |
| Country: | French Polynesia |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1968 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 518500Submit Correction |
| View count: | 274 |
Faaa (Papeete) was not part of Polynesian's regular DC-3 network and its reason for being there is not known. 5W-FAA was sold in Indonesia as PK-RDB. It never arrived after being impounded at Darwin (Australia). It sat at Darwin for six years until it was wrecked in Cyclone Tracy in December 1974.
| Registration / Serial: | 5W-FAA |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 32895/16147 |
| Operator Titles: | Polynesian Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Tahiti / Faaa (NTAA / PPT)Map | Country: | French Polynesia |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1968 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |