Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 SEP 1989 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-NUE |
| C/n / msn: | 345 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Bintuni (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Manokwari-Rendani Airport (MKW/WASR), Indonesia |
| Bintuni Airport (NTI), Indonesia |
Twin Otter "Engano" crashed on approach to Bintuni (NTI).
Sources:
» NRC Handelsblad 16.9.1989
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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 Manokwari-Rendani Airport to Bintuni Airport as the crow flies is 146 km (91 miles).
Distance from Manokwari-Rendani Airport to Bintuni Airport as the crow flies is 146 km (91 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.
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