Mandala Airlines Flight 660

Mandala Airlines Flight 660
Accident summary
Date	24 July 1992
Summary	Microburst-induced wind shear, Pilot error
Site	Mt. Lalaboy, Indonesia
Passengers	63
Crew	7
Fatalities	70 (all)
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount 816
Operator	Mandala Airlines
Registration	PK-RVU
Flight origin	Makassar
Destination	Ambon, Maluku

Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed in Indonesia into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in a heavy thunderstorm. Pilot error and windshear were blamed for the crash.^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which was built at Hurn Airport in the United Kingdom and first flew on 8 June 1959.^[2] It was delivered new on 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines and named McDouall Stuart after an Australian explorer.^[2] By 1975 it had been bought by Mandala Airlines with the registration PK-RVU and name Nias.^[2]

References

↑ "AirDisaster.Com " Accident Database " Accident Synopsis " 07241992".
1 2 3 Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 396

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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