Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 12 AUG 1957 |
| Type: | Martin PBM-5A Mariner |
| Operator: | Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD) |
| Registration: | P-312 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ) (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ/WAKK), Indonesia |
| ? |
Struck a tree on takeoff, crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
