Accident description
Last updated: 29 July 2014
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 24 July 1992 |
| Type: |  Vickers 816 Viscount |
| Operator: | Mandala Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-RVU |
| C/n / msn: | 434 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 63 / Occupants: 63 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 70 / Occupants: 70 |
| Airplane damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | ca 15 km W of Ambon-Pattimura Airport (AMQ) ( Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport (UPG/WAAA), Indonesia |
| Ambon-Pattimura Airport (AMQ/WAPP), Indonesia | |
| Flightnumber: | 660 |
Flew into Lalaboy Mountain at 2300 feet while on an instrument approach to Ambon runway 04 in a heavy rainstorm.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» National Transportation Safety Committee IndonesiaPhotos
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Distance from Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport to Ambon-Pattimura Airport as the crow flies is 954 km (596 miles).
Distance from Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport to Ambon-Pattimura Airport as the crow flies is 954 km (596 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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