Status: | |
Date: | Friday 24 July 1992 |
Time: | 16:30 |
Type: | Vickers 816 Viscount |
Operator: | Mandala Airlines |
Registration: | PK-RVU |
MSN: | 434 |
First flight: | 1959 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 63 / Occupants: 63 |
Total: | Fatalities: 70 / Occupants: 70 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | ca 15 km W of Ambon-Pattimura Airport (AMQ) ( Indonesia)
|
Crash site elevation: | 701 m (2300 feet) amsl |
Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport (UPG/WAAA), Indonesia |
Destination airport: | Ambon-Pattimura Airport (AMQ/WAPP), Indonesia |
Flightnumber: | 660 |
Narrative:Mandala Airlines flight 660, a Vickers Viscount, impacted Liliboi Mountain at a height of 2300 feet while on an instrument approach to runway 04 at Ambon-Pattimura Airport, Indonesia in a heavy rainstorm.
Classification:
Sources:
» National Transportation Safety Committee Indonesia
Photos
accident date:
24-07-1992type: Vickers 816 Viscount
registration: PK-MVL
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 Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport to Ambon-Pattimura Airport as the crow flies is 954 km (596 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.