Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 APR 1990 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-NUQ |
| C/n / msn: | 488 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Lebuhanraio (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Twin Otter named "Karakatau" lost height and struck the crest of a hill following a no. 1 engine overspeed.
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/2001 (#70)
» Scramble Vol.12, nr.02
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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.
