Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 9 May 1991
Aircraft Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator: Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Registration Number: PK-MFD
Location: 15 km SE of Manado-Sam Ratulangi Airport (MDC) –
ÿ Indonesia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A Merpati flight 7533 crashed into cloud-shrouded Mount Klabat due to bad visibility and heavy rainfall during approach to Manado. The aircraft experienced a catastrophic loss of control.A Merpati flight 7533 crashed into cloud-shrouded Mount Klabat due to bad visibility and heavy rainfall during approach to Manado. The aircraft experienced a catastrophic loss of control.
Description
Merpati flight 7533 (Ambon-Ternate-Manado) departed Ternate at 01:53 for a 50-minute flight to Manado. On approach to Manado, the aircraft crashed into cloud-shrouded Mount Klabat in bad visibility and heavy rainfall.
Primary Cause
Bad visibility and heavy rainfall during approach to Manado.Bad visibility and heavy rainfall during approach to Manado.Share on:
