Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 28 JUN 1962 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-25-DK |
| Operator: | Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Klu (Royal Netherl. Air Force) |
| Registration: | X-11 |
| C/n / msn: | 15865/32613 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Puncak Jaya (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ/WAKK), Indonesia |
| Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB), Indonesia |
The Dutch military transport plane went missing on a flight fom Merauke (MKQ) to Biak (BIK). The wreckage was discovered in 1969 on the southern side of Puncak Jaya at a height of 4160 m. The remains of the casualties were recovered in 1991.
Events:
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 The first seventy years Vol.2 / J.M. Gradidge
» X11 wreck on the Carstenz Pyramid
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Merauke-Mopah Airport to Biak-Mokmer Airport as the crow flies is 941 km (588 miles).
Distance from Merauke-Mopah Airport to Biak-Mokmer Airport as the crow flies is 941 km (588 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
