Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 11 MAY 1995 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Operator: | Pelita Air Service |
| Registration: | PK-PLU |
| C/n / msn: | 4824 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Jayapura-Sentani Airport (DJJ) (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Jayapura-Sentani Airport (DJJ/WAJJ), Indonesia |
| Wamena Airport (WMX/WAJW), Indonesia |
A Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules transport plane, operated by Pelita Air Services, was damaged in a forced landing with the right hand main gear tracted.
The crew had decided to return to Jayapura when the right hand main landing gear could not be deployed when approaching Wamena (WMX).
Sources:
» Indonesian Aircraft Accident/Incident Database 1988-2001
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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 Jayapura-Sentani Airport to Wamena Airport as the crow flies is 241 km (151 miles).
Distance from Jayapura-Sentani Airport to Wamena Airport as the crow flies is 241 km (151 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.
