Incident Mil Mi-8MTV ER-MHL,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 149851
 
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Date:Tuesday 9 October 2012
Time:7:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-8MTV
Owner/operator:Pecotox Air
Registration: ER-MHL
MSN: 95721
Year of manufacture:1991
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mile 66 site, near Tembagapura, Timika, West Papua -   Indonesia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:WABP
Destination airport:Timika
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
During flight to Timika, the helicopter conducted a steep approach to a site at the Mile 66 site (7300ft AMSL) but power did not increase when demanded. Hard impact.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20130204045434/http://www.thejakartapost.com:80/news/2012/10/09/chopper-makes-hard-landing-papua-dozens-safe.html
https://www.newsru.com/world/09oct2012/mi8.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20121101125201/http://www.dephub.go.id/read/berita/14976 (Ministry of Transportation Republic of Indonesia website, Bahasa version)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Oct-2012 11:34 krasatpi Added
10-Oct-2012 00:16 pax#51 Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Oct-2012 04:22 krasatpi Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]
11-Oct-2012 03:24 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type]
13-Oct-2012 01:17 zagrebel Updated [Operator]
28-Aug-2014 12:39 Aerossurance Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative]

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