Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760
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Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Flight 9760 was a commercial flight between Jayapura
and Oksibil in Indonesia
operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
300 on August 2, 2009. The aircraft went missing en route and its wreckage was found a few miles from Oksibil two days later. All 13 passengers and 3 crew members were killed in the accident. All of the passengers were of Indonesia
n nationality.
The aircraft, a DHC-6-300
with tail number PK-NVC was a 30 year old airframe and was not equipped with a flight data recorder.
. In the report, Merpati Nunsantara Airlines were stated not to have fully co-operated with the NTSC as they had not provided the investigators full details of the crew's line checks and training undertaken.
Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Merpati Nusantara Airlines is a commuter airline based in Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a major domestic airline operating scheduled services to more than 25 destinations in Indonesia, as well as scheduled international services to East Timor and Malaysia. Its main base is...
Flight 9760 was a commercial flight between Jayapura
Jayapura
Jayapura City is the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is situated on Yos Sudarso Bay . Its approximate population in 2002 was 200,000....
and Oksibil in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL abilities and high rate of climb have made it a successful cargo, regional passenger airliner and MEDEVAC...
300 on August 2, 2009. The aircraft went missing en route and its wreckage was found a few miles from Oksibil two days later. All 13 passengers and 3 crew members were killed in the accident. All of the passengers were of Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n nationality.
Flight
Merpati Flight 9760D took off at 10:15 (local time) with an estimated time of arrival at Oksibil of 11:05. Contact was lost at 10:28. The plane has apparently crashed into a mountainside in good weather.The aircraft, a DHC-6-300
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL abilities and high rate of climb have made it a successful cargo, regional passenger airliner and MEDEVAC...
with tail number PK-NVC was a 30 year old airframe and was not equipped with a flight data recorder.
Investigation
The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) opened an investigation into the accident. The cause of the accident was found to be Controlled flight into terrainControlled flight into terrain
Controlled flight into terrain describes an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, water, or an obstacle. The term was coined by engineers at Boeing in the late 1970s...
. In the report, Merpati Nunsantara Airlines were stated not to have fully co-operated with the NTSC as they had not provided the investigators full details of the crew's line checks and training undertaken.