Incident Overview

Description
The Super King Air 350i aircraft, registered PK-CAQ was to be repositioned from Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Indonesia to Biak. An intermediate stop was planned at Ambon-Pattimura Airport. The aircraft departed from Makassar at 01:27 UTC in daylight conditions. The Pilot in Command (PIC) acted as Pilot Flying (PF) and the Second in Command (SIC) acted as Pilot Monitoring (PM). At 03:15 UTC, while descending from FL270, the pilot established communication with Ambon Approach Control, and the flight received clearance to descend to 15,000 feet and to proceed to point AUDRI and hold for separation with an aircraft that would depart from runway 22. When the aircraft left AUDRI, the approach controller informed that the weather was deteriorating and the visibility was about 1,000 up to 1,500 meters. The pilot reported was established on the ILS and the approach controller instructed to report when runway in sight. At an altitude of approximately 1,000 feet the pilot reported runway in sight and received landing clearance. Thereafter the pilot selected the flaps to full down, wipers ON and decided to continue landing. While on final, the pilot requested the maximum runway light intensity and the tower controller reported that it was on maximum intensity. Prior to touch down on the runway, the pilot reduced the power lever gradually and felt the aircraft touched down and bounced. Afterward the nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft continued and veered off the right side of the runway. The aircraft stopped near taxiway B at approximately 1,650 meters from the beginning of runway 04, the crew and passengers evacuated the aircraft safely with no injuries.
Source of Information
https://kompas.id/baca/utama/2017/05/31/pesawat-kementerian-perhubungan-tergelincir-di-ambon/https://kompas.id/baca/utama/2017/05/31/pesawat-kementerian-perhubungan-tergelincir-di-ambon/Primary Cause
Weather Deterioration and Communication FailureWeather Deterioration and Communication FailureShare on: