Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 APR 1981 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-1-DK |
| Operator: | Airfast Indonesia |
| Registration: | PK-OBK |
| C/n / msn: | 12209 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2 km (1.3 mls) from Pekanbaru (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Pekanbaru-Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU/WIBB), Indonesia |
The DC-3, chartered by the Hudbay Oil Co., crashed while on final approach to Pekanbaru.
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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.
