ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138643
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| Date: | Thursday 22 September 2011 |
| Time: | 13:13 |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Yajasi Aviation |
| Registration: | PK-UCE |
| MSN: | 943 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paspalei, Yalimo Regency -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Pagai |
| Wamena Airport (WMX/WAVV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed around Papuan mountain area in Pas Valley, Yalimo Regency. The aircraft carrying crops and passengers was heading to Wamena when it suddenly lost contact.
Contributing Factors:
• The pilot decided to descend from the cruise altitude 10000 feet to penetrate the area of marginal weather was most likely not as what his perceive.
• The pilot avoided the cloud to the left of the VFR route guidance and most likely that the space available was less than the requirement stated for the Weather Minimum class F.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/64118
http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/249314-aircraft-crashes-in-papua--three-die
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110922/as-indonesia-plane-crash
http://www.pc-6.com/history/943.htm
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2011 03:37 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 04:21 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2011 04:24 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 22-Sep-2011 04:34 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Sep-2011 05:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2011 06:17 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2011 13:51 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2012 10:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2012 11:02 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2014 20:26 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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