Crash of a Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 near Kampung Mamontoga: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 18, 2019 at 1100 LT
Operator:
Registration:
PK-CDC
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Timika - Ilaga
MSN:
950
YOM:
2016
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Timika Airport at 1036LT on a cargo flight to Ilaga, carrying one passenger, a crew of four and a load of 1,7 ton of rice. At 1054LT, the crew gave his ETA at Ilaga Airport when the contact was lost about six minutes later. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated. The wreckage was found four days later in a mountainous terrain, at an altitude of 4,115 meters, about 10 km from Kampung Mamontoga. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all four occupants were killed.
