ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75770
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| Date: | Sunday 18 July 2010 |
| Time: | 11:19 |
| 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: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Bintuni Airport (NTI/WASB) -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bintuni Airport (NTI/WASB) |
| Sorong/Jefman Airport (WASS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 18 July 2010, a De Havilland DHC6-300 Twin Otter aircraft, registered PK-NUH, was being operated by PT. Merpati Nusantara Airline on a schedule flight from Bintuni Airport, Bintuni, (NTI/WASB) to Domine Eduard Osok Airport, Sorong, West Papua. There were nine persons on board consist of two pilots and seven passengers including engineer.
The aircraft started rolling takeoff at runway 31 at 11.19 LT (02.19 UTC). The co-pilot acted as pilot flying. During the takeoff run, the pilot monitoring (PM) call “Rotate”.
One second later the PM call “Fail, fail” as he saw one of the engine torque indicator drop to zero. The pilot flying (PF) then aborted the takeoff by reduced the power lever and continued to reverse.
The aircraft veered to right of the centreline and stopped at the right shoulder at the end of runway 31.
There was no one injured in this serious incident.
The nose landing gear collapse and both of main landing gear tires were flat, and right foot step was bent. There was no other damaged reported.
CAUSES:
- Engine torque indicator drop to zero was caused by the melting fuse.
- The aircraft veered off to the right after right main wheel tire flat as result of heavy braking.
- The recurrence and the proficiency check of the pilots were not effective.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.jpnn.com/news/ban-pecah-merpati-tergelincir-di-teluk-bintuni
NTSC - FINAL REPORT:
http://knkt.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report%20%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 | ||||||
| 17 October 2011 | PK-NUH | Merpati Nusantara Airlines | 0 | Draba Airtrip (DRH/WAJC) | |
min |
Images:
Photo: NTSC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2010 00:36 | ktbedy | Added |
| 19-Jul-2010 02:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2010 00:32 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 05-Feb-2011 12:07 | TB | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 09-May-2011 12:58 | harro | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2011 12:59 | harro | Updated [[Date, Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]] |
| 17-Nov-2022 13:29 | EUGENIO GRIGORJEV | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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