# NTSB DCA11WA027: Indonesian Aerospace 212, Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia, February 12, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 12, 2011, 06:40 local (06:40 UTC)
- Place: Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78338
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78338/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA027

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On February 12, 2011, at 1340 Indonesian local time (0640 UTC), an Indonesian Aerospace CASA 212-100, registered in Indonesia as PK-ZAI, and operated by PT. Sabang Merauke Air Charter, crashed under unknown circumstances following takeoff from Hang Nadim Airport, Batam, Indonesia. Its intended destination was Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport, Indonesia. The flight was a test flight following a Honeywell TPE331 engine change, and the two pilots and three mechanics on board were killed. The airplane was destroyed. The accident is being investigated by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the NTSC investigation as the state of design and manufacture of the engines. All inquiries should be directed to the NTSC (www.dephub.go.id/knkt).

## Aircraft

- Registration: PK-ZAI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Indonesian Aerospace 212 (100)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: PT Sabang Merauke Air Charter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: BTH, Hang Nadim Airp
- Destination: TNJ, Raja Haji Fisab
- Flight plan: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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