ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324218
Date: | Saturday 19 April 1997 |
Time: | 07:39 |
Type: | British Aerospace ATP |
Owner/operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
Registration: | PK-MTX |
MSN: | 2048 |
Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 53 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,5 km S of Tanjung Pandan-Bulutumbang Airport (TJQ) -
Indonesia
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII) |
Destination airport: | Tanjung Pandan-Buluh Tumbang Airport (TJQ/WIOD) |
Narrative:Merpati flight 106 departed Jakarta (CGK) on a domestic flight to Tanjung Pandan (TJQ). The BAe ATP airplane named "Sangeang" had been cleared for a runway 36 approach at Tanjung Pandan. It reportedly entered a steep left bank while descending through 2000 feet. Control was lost and the plane crashed in a coconut grove and broke in three. One of the propellers was found to be feathered.
Sources:
Flight International 30 April-6 May 1997 (9)
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