Mandala Airlines Flight 660
The aircraft involved in the accident could be seen behind the plane in the foreground while still in operation with Trans Australia Airlines | |
Accident | |
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Date | 24 July 1992 |
Summary | Microburst-induced wind shear, controlled flight into terrain by pilot error |
Site | Mt. Lalaboy, Indonesia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 816 |
Aircraft name | Nias |
Operator | Mandala Airlines |
Registration | PK-RVU |
Flight origin | Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, Indonesia |
Destination | Pattimura Airport, Ambon, Indonesia |
Passengers | 63 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 70 |
Survivors | 0 |
Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed in Indonesia into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in poor weather conditions.
On approach to Pattimura, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt. Lalaboy about 14 km southwest of Runway 04 while trying to land in heavy rain, at around 16:30 local time. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and there were no survivors.
The cause was attributed to pilot error after the aircraft was approaching at an insufficient altitude, possibly caused by windshears. It was possible that the pilots were following instruments that may have given false readings or had malfunctioned.[1][2]
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which first flew on 8 June 1959.[3] It was delivered on 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines as VH-TVQ and named McDouall Stuart which operate until 1970.[3] It later leased to Far Eastern Air Transport and Merpati Nusantara Airlines. By 1987, it had been bought by Mandala Airlines and was registered PK-RVU and name Nias.[3]
References
- ^ "AirDisaster.Com " Accident Database " Accident Synopsis " 07241992". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Crash of a Vickers 816 Viscount in Ambon: 70 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 396
External links
- Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
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