Date:	Friday 17 November 2006
Time:	08:00
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:	Trigana Air Service
Registration:	PK-YPY
MSN:	535
Year of manufacture:	1977
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Puncak Jaya -   Indonesia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Mulia Airport (LII/WABQ)
Destination airport:	Ilaga Airport (ILA/WABL)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The Trigana aircraft was chartered by the regency administration to take officials to talk with residents in several districts. It flew into a mountain an altitude of 3,180 metres (10,500 feet). The wreckage was found the next morning.

Aircraft with 12 aboard missing in Papua (The Jakarta Post, 18-11-2006)

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