ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140473
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| Date: | Monday 17 October 2011 |
| Time: | 16:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-NUH |
| MSN: | 383 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Draba Airtrip (DRH/WAJC) -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jayapura-Sentani Airport (DJJ/WAJJ) |
| Draba Airtrip (DRH/WAJC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 17 October 2011, a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft registered PK-NUH operated flight MZ9782D from Jayapura to Dabra, Indonesia.
The flight departed from at 15.20. The total of persons on board were 2 pilots, 1 company aircraft maintenance engineer and 13 passengers. This flight was the second flight for the same route and same crew.
At about 16.10, the aircraft was approaching Dabra and flight crew was able to see the runway. The aircraft touched down at runway 24 and experienced bouncing about 175 metres. The aircraft veered to the right side of runway 24 and went off the side, striking banana trees 6.5 metres to the right of the runway.
The pilot tried steered back towards the runway centerline. The airplane entered the runway and the flight crew recovered by a ground loop about 18,4 metres before the end of runway 24.
All 16 occupants were not injured. The aircraft was damaged.
Factors
The aircraft was most likely on un-stabilized approach and bounced during landing, veered to the right and recovered by directing a rolling on the shoulder and entering to the runway then stopped by a quick steep turning on the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report%20PK-NUH.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 December 1992 | PK-NUH | Merpati Nusantara Airlines | 0 | Wamena Airport (WMX) | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 18 July 2010 | PK-NUH | Merpati Nusantara Airlines | 0 | Bintuni Airport (NTI/WASB) | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Images:
Photo of the airplane as it came to rest with a deflated right hand main gear tyre. Photo: NTSC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2011 13:43 | harro | Added |
| 30-Oct-2013 20:53 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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