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An ATP similar to the accident aircraft | |
Accident | |
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Date | 19 April 1997 |
Summary | Loss of control |
Site | Buluh Tumbang Airport, Indonesia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | British Aerospace ATP |
Aircraft name | Sangeang |
Operator | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
IATA flight No. | MZ106 |
ICAO flight No. | MNA106 |
Call sign | MERPATI 106 |
Registration | PK-MTX |
Flight origin | Soekarno Hatta International Airport, Jakarta |
Destination | Buluh Tumbang Airport, Tanjung Pandan |
Occupants | 53 |
Passengers | 48 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 15 |
Survivors | 38 |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 crashed on 19 April 1997, taking the lives of 11 of the 48 passengers and four of the five crew. The plane crashed during landing after a failed go-around in bad weather. This was the first hull loss of a British Aerospace ATP.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a British Aerospace ATP, registered as PK-MTX with serial number 2048. It was manufactured by British Aerospace in 1992 and it was powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 engines.
Accident
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Merpati flight 106 departed Jakarta (CGK) on a domestic flight to H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin International Airport (TJQ) at Tanjung Pandan where the airplane, named "Sangeang", had been cleared for a runway 36 approach. It reportedly entered a steep left bank while descending through 2,000 feet. Control was lost and the plane crashed in a coconut grove and broke in three. One of the propellers was found to be feathered.
A monument was erected to commemorate the names of the victims of the plane crash. The propellers and wings of the remaining aircraft were also erected at the monument.
References
- Accident description for PK-MTX at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 11 March 201-03-11.
- "Loss of control Accident British Aerospace ATP PK-MTX, Saturday 19 April 1997". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1997 (1997) | |
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Jan 9 Comair Flight 3272Feb 4 Israeli helicopter disasterMar 18 Stavropolskaya AA Flight 1023Apr 19 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106May 8 China Southern Airlines Flight 3456Jul 17 Sempati Air Flight 304Jul 30 Air Littoral Flight 701AJul 31 FedEx Express Flight 14Aug 6 Korean Air Flight 801Aug 7 Fine Air Flight 101Aug 10 Formosa Airlines Flight 7601Sep 3 Vietnam Airlines Flight 815Sep 6 Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839Sep 8 Helikopter Service Flight 451Sep 13 Namibia mid-air collisionSep 26 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152Oct 10 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553Oct 12 John Denver plane crashNov 5 Virgin Atlantic Flight 024Dec 6 Russian Air Force Antonov An-124Dec 15 Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183Dec 16 Air Canada Flight 646Dec 17 Aerosvit Flight 241Dec 19 SilkAir Flight 185Dec 28 United Airlines Flight 826 | |
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