CFIT Accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 PK-MFD,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325779
 

Date:Thursday 9 May 1991
Time:02:37
Type:Silhouette image of generic F27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator:Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Registration: PK-MFD
MSN: 10399
Year of manufacture:1969
Fatalities:Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:15 km SE of Manado-Sam Ratulangi Airport (MDC) -   Indonesia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Ternate-Babullah Airport (TTE/WAMT)
Destination airport:Manado-Sam Ratulangi Airport (MDC/WAMM)
Narrative:
Merpati flight 7533 (Ambon-Ternate-Manado) departed Ternate at 01:53 for a 50-minute flight to Manado. On approach to Manado, the aircraft crashed into cloud-shrouded Mount Klabat in bad visibility and heavy rainfall.

Sources:

Flight International
Scramble Vol.13, nr.01

Location

Images:


photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT); May 1989

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