Date:	Monday 17 July 1995
Time:
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:	Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Registration:	PK-NUT
MSN:	473
Year of manufacture:	1975
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 18
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bintuni Airport (NTI) -   Indonesia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Bintuni Airport (NTI/WASB)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On takeoff the Twin Otter aquaplaned off runway 13 into a banana plantation.

Air Safety Week 24 July 1995 (p. 7)
National Transportation Safety Committee Indonesia
Scramble 198(60)

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