Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106
Accident summary
An ATP similar to the accident aircraft
Date	19 April 1997
Summary	Pilot error
Site	Buluh Tumbang Airport, Indonesia
Passengers	48
Crew	5
Fatalities	15
Survivors	38
Aircraft type	British Aerospace ATP
Aircraft name	Sangeang
Operator	Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Registration	PK-MTX
Flight origin	Soekarno Hatta International Airport, Jakarta
Destination	Buluh Tumbang Airport, Tanjung Pandan

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 crashed on 19 April 1997, taking the lives of 11 of the 48 passengers and 4 of the 5 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.^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a BAe ATP C/n / msn 2048, Which had its first flight in 1992, It had 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126. There were five crew, And 48 passengers, 11 passengers and 4 crew died in the accident. 53 passengers and crew were on board.

Accident

Merpati flight 106 departed Jakarta (CGK) on a domestic flight to Tanjung Pandan (TJQ). The BAe ATP airplane named "Sangeang" had been cleared for a runway 36 approach at Tanjung Pandan. It reportedly entered a steep left bank while descending through 2000 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.

References

↑ Accident description for PK-MTX at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 11 March 2014.

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Jan 9 Comair Flight 3272
Feb 4 Israeli helicopter disaster
Mar 18 Stavropolskaya AA Flight 1023
Apr 19 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106
May 8 China Southern Airlines Flight 3456
Jul 31 FedEx Express Flight 14
Aug 6 Korean Air Flight 801
Aug 10 Formosa Airlines Flight 7601
Sep 3 Vietnam Airlines Flight 815
Sep 6 Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 238
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Sep 26 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
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Dec 6 Russian Air Force Antonov An-124
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Coordinates: 2°44′44″S 107°45′18″E / 2.7456°S 107.7550°E / -2.7456; 107.7550

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