Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 09 APR 2009 |
| Time: | 07:43 |
| Type: | British Aerospace BAe-146-300 |
| Operator: | Aviastar Mandiri |
| Registration: | PK-BRD |
| C/n / msn: | E3189 |
| First flight: | 1990-12-22 (18 years 4 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22224 |
| Engines: | 4 Lycoming ALF502R-5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 6,5 km (4.1 mls) NW of Wamena (WMX) (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Jayapura-Sentani Airport (DJJ/WAJJ), Indonesia |
| Wamena Airport (WMX/WAJW), Indonesia |
The four-engine British Aerospace 146-300 departed Jayapura (DJJ) on an unscheduled cargo flight to Wamena (WMX). The airplane carried staples such as rice and flour. Tempo Interaktif reported that the plane may also have carried 9 tons of Avtur (Aviation Turbine Fuel). The crew consisted of a captain, co-pilot, engineer, loadmaster and two flight attendants.
The aircraft was observed to make an approach to runway 15 at Wamena and then conducted a go around from a low height over the runway. The aircraft climbed to a low height along the extended centreline to the south east, before making a right turn onto a right downwind leg of the circuit.
Witnesses observed the aircraft continuing on the right downwind at a lower than normal circuit height. They lost sight of the aircraft when it was passing a late downwind position. It subsequently made a right turn, presumably onto a right base leg and flew through the extended centreline.
The aircraft subsequently impacted Pikei Hill on Tengah Mountain. At the time of the accident there was haze and broken cloud; base 300 meters.
Wamena Airport is situated at the Baliem Valley with an airport elevation of 5085 feet and surrounded by mountains up to 12.000 feet high. The only navigation aid available is NDB " ZW". The instrument approach procedure is not available for this aerodrome. This aerodrome is VFR operation only.
Sources:
» Antara
» Tempo Interaktif
» Ministry of Transportation (Indonesia), press release
Official accident investigation report
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Photos
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 DEC 1990 | G-6-189 | British Aerospace | first flight |
| 23 DEC 1991 | HS-TBO | Thai Airways International | delivered |
| 4 JUN 1998 | G-JEBC | Jersey European Airways | leased |
| JUN 2000 | G-JEBC | British European Airways | new name |
| 18 JUL 2002 | G-JEBC | Flybe | leased |
| 4 DEC 2007 | PK-BRD | Aviastar Mandiri |
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 (DJJ/WAJJ) to Wamena Airport (WMX/WAJW) 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.
Distance from Jayapura-Sentani Airport (DJJ/WAJJ) to Wamena Airport (WMX/WAJW) as the crow flies is 241 km (151 miles).
