Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 PK-SMS, Tuesday 2 January 2024
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Date:Tuesday 2 January 2024
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:SAM Air
Registration: PK-SMS
MSN: 685
Year of manufacture:1980
Engine model:P&W Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown, repaired
Location:Ilaga Airport (WAYL) Papua -   Indonesia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSC
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Abnormal Runway Contact.

Sources:

NTSC

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

1 June 2007 PK-YRU Trigana Air Service 0 Mulia Airport (LII) sub
Runway excursion
20 February 2009 PK-YRU Trigana Air Service 0 Beoga Airstrip, Timika, Papua
2 December 2010 PK-YRU Trigana Air Service 0 Jayapura-Sentani Airport (DJJ/WAJJ) min
Collision with other aircraft on apron
17 December 2014 PK-YRU Trigana Air Service 0 Ilaga Airport (ILA/WABL)
11 January 2015 PK-YRU Trigana Air Service 0 Enarotali Airport (EWI) sub
Runway excursion
25 June 2018 PK-YRU Trigana Air Service 0 Kenyam Airstrip min
23 January 2023 PK-SMS SAM Air 0 Beoga Airstrip min
Runway excursion
18 June 2023 PK-SMS SAM Air 0 Ambon-Pattimura Airport (AMQ/WAPP) min
Runway excursion

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jun-2024 18:49 ASN Added
12-Aug-2025 05:45 ASN Updated [Operator, Damage, Narrative, ]

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