ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3) X-11 Puncak Jaya
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Thursday 28 June 1962
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Klu (Royal Netherl. Air Force)
Registration: X-11
MSN: 32613/15865
First flight: 1945
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Puncak Jaya (   Indonesia)
Crash site elevation: 4160 m (13648 feet) amsl
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ/WAKK), Indonesia
Destination airport:Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB), Indonesia
Narrative:
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.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

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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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Merauke-Mopah Airport to Biak-Mokmer Airport as the crow flies is 941 km (588 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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