Please note this information is preliminary.
ACCIDENT DIGEST 2009-13
Date: 29 JUN 2009
Time: ca 16:01
Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator: Aviastar Mandiri
Registration: PK-BRO
C/n / msn: 756
First flight: 1981
Engines: 2
Crew: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage: Missing
Location: ca 19 km SSE of Wamena (Indonesia)
Phase: En route
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Dekai Airport (DEK)
Destination airport: Wamena Airport (WMX)
Flightnumber:
An Aviastar Mandiri de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 turboprop plane flew into the side of a mountain during domestic cargo flight from Dekai to Wamena (WMX). The airplane departed Dekai about 15:30 carrying 1600 kgs of cargo. The flight was in radio contact with Wamena from 15:54 until 16:00. Then contact was lost. The wreckage was sighted about a day later. The Papua Search and Rescue Team announced that the plane had crashed into a mountain slope in Tangma District, 9,600 feet above sea level. Wamena Airport is situated at the Baliem Valley with an airport elevation of 5085 feet and surrounded by mountains up to 12.000 feet high. The only navigation aid available is NDB " ZW". The instrument approach procedure is not available for this aerodrome. This aerodrome is VFR operation only.
Sources:
AIRCRAFT HISTORY
N126AS - Atlantic Southeast Airlines (21 APR 1981)
» Tiga Awak Pesawat Aviastar Dipastikan Tewas (Okezone, 2-7-2009)
» Rescue Team Sent to Papua Plane Crash Site (Tempo Interatif, 1-7-2009)
» Plane on Food Mission Goes Missing in Papua (Jakarta Globe, 29-6-2009)
N126AS - Mississippi Valley Airlines (JUN 1984)
N126AS - Atlantic Southeast Airlines (OCT 1984)
N126AS - Crown Airways (28 NOV 1984)
N126AS - Crown Airways (NOV 1986)
N126AS - Brockway Air (DEC 1986)
N126AS - American Finance Group (JUN 1989)
N126AS - Liberty Express (JUN 1993)
N886EA - ERA Aviation (2 JUN 1994)
N886EA - Alberta Aircraft Leasing (26 MAR 2007)
C-FOIJ - Beau Del Leasing Inc (12 JUL 2007)
PK-BRO - Aviastar Mandiri (12 OCT 2007)
AIRCRAFT PROFILE DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
COUNTRY PROFILE INDONESIA 