Incident Overview
Date: Friday 4 November 1994
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator: Trigana Air Service
Registration Number: PK-YNM
Location: near Nabire –
ÿ Indonesia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Category: Accident
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Description
The aircraft was destroyed when it flew into the side of a mountain whilst enroute from Nabire to Obana. The point of impact was at the 7,050 ft. level on a ridge line bordering a 5,000ft. mountain pass. At impact the aircraft was apparently in normal level flight. There was a considerable build up of cloud along the western side of the ridge line.
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