Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 DEC 1992 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
| Operator: | Trigana Air Service |
| Registration: | PK-YPG |
| C/n / msn: | 49 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pogapa (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Pogapa, Indonesia |
| ? |
Veered right off the runway. The Twin Otter ran down an embankment onto rough ground, causing the nosegear to collapse. Takeoff had been attempted with the main wheels locked.
Sources:
» Scramble 166
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PK-NUA was leased to Trigana in July 1992.
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.
