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| Date: | Thursday 28 June 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Klu (Royal Netherl. Air Force) |
| Registration: | X-11 |
| MSN: | 32613/15865 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Puncak Jaya -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ/WAKK) |
| Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB) |
The Dutch military transport plane went missing on a flight from Merauke (MKQ) to Biak (BIK). The wreckage was discovered in 1969 on the southern side of Puncak Jaya at a height of 4160 m. The remains of the casualties were recovered in 1991.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 The first seventy years Vol.2 / J.M. Gradidge
X11 wreck on the Carstenz Pyramid
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