Date:	Wednesday 25 April 2012
Time:	c. 17:30 LT
Type:	Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:	Susi Air
Registration:	PK-VVQ
MSN:	965
Year of manufacture:	2009
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Ritan, Kalimantan Timur, Kutai Kartanegara -   Indonesia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport (BPN/WALL)
Destination airport:	Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport (BPN/WALL)
Investigating agency:	NTSC
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Susi Air Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter, performing a mining photo survey flight, crashed near Ritan, East Kalimantan, Kutai Kartanegara district, killing both occupants, approx. 5 hours after takeoff.
ATC contact was lost at 17:22 LT after the pilot reported to attempt an emergency landing due to engine problems.

Causes:
The engine flamed out caused by lack of fuel supply from main fuel tank to the engine. The pilot likely fixated on the survey flight execution and lost awareness of his fuel situation. The transfering of fuel from the auxiliary tank was not performed during the flight as required. The combination of inexperience of the pilot related to survey flying, fatigue and the highly demanding survey operator contributed to this sequence of events.

http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report%20PK-VVQ.pdf

http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/Recommendations/KNKT_001_4_V_REK.KU_12_English.pdf
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/australian-ian-mcdougall-killed-in-an-indonesian-plane-crash/story-e6freuy9-1226338804098
http://jakartaglobe.id/news/two-australian-citizens-among-dead-after-indonesian-plane-crash-report/514196
http://www.pc-6.com/history/965.htm

photo: NTSC

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Apr-2012 03:16	TB	Added
26-Apr-2012 03:21	TB	Updated [Date, Narrative]
26-Apr-2012 03:53	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
26-Apr-2012 04:28	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
16-May-2012 07:28	Hirurg	Updated [Source]
18-May-2012 13:56	harro	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2012 12:17	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
22-Jul-2013 19:49	harro	Updated [Source, Narrative]
31-Aug-2014 18:21	Aerossurance	Updated [Nature, Narrative]