Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 19 JAN 2004 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Air Regional |
| Registration: | PK-WAX |
| C/n / msn: | 255 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Mulia Airport (LII) (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Wamena Airport (WMX/WAJW), Indonesia |
| Mulia Airport (LII/WABQ), Indonesia |
While on approach to Mulia's runway 09, the Twin Otter was forced down by down draught. It landed hard, nose-first, groundlooped and came to rest in a ditch. Mulia's runway 09/27 gravel runway has a 10% down slope to the West and can only be used in one direction: 09 for landing and 27 for takeoff.
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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 Wamena Airport to Mulia Airport as the crow flies is 119 km (74 miles).
Distance from Wamena Airport to Mulia Airport as the crow flies is 119 km (74 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.
