Global InformationMerpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D information
 A Merpati Nusantara Airlines DHC-6, similar aircraft to the one involved the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 August 2009 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain caused by pilot error |
| Site | Papua, Indonesia 4°42′25″S 140°37′24″E / 4.70694°S 140.62333°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | MZ9760D |
| ICAO flight No. | MNA9760D |
| Call sign | MERPATI 9760D |
| Registration | PK-NVC |
| Flight origin | Sentani Airport, Jayapura (WAJJ) |
| Destination | Oksibil airport (WAJO) |
| Occupants | 15 |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D was a domestic commercial passenger 50-minutes flight, flying from Sentani Airport in Papua's Province Jayapura to Oksibil Airport in Oksibil, Indonesia operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300. On Sunday, August 2, 2009, while carrying fifteen people over Papua, the aircraft went missing en route.[1][2] Its wreckage was found a few miles from Oksibil two days later.[3] All 12 passengers and 3 crew members were killed in the accident.
Indonesian Investigation Agency, NTSC released the final report and concluded that the cause of the crash was controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). The pilots did not maintain visual flight rules while flying below lowest safe altitude, thus impacting terrain. NTSC stated that the crash was "not survivable".
- ^ The JakartaPost Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BBC News - Plane disappears over Indonesia". 2 August 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Official: Wreckage of missing Indonesian plane believed found - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 27 January 2017.