WPR14WA108

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA31 - 350 · Maluku, Indonesia, Indonesia · January 19, 2014

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
January 19, 2014
Place
Maluku, Indonesia, Indonesia
Injuries
4 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
PK-IWTPiper PA31 - 350
Defining event
Approach: Unknown or undetermined
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
88744

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Factual narrative

On January 19, 2014, at 1220 local time, a Piper PA-31-350, PK-IWT, collided with terrain under unknown circumstances while on approach to Dumatubun Airport, Maluku, Indonesia. The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by Intan Angkasa Air Service under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Indonesia. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Indonesia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Indonesia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: National Transportation Safety Committee Ministry of Transportation Building 3rd Floor JI. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 5 Jakarta – Indonesia Tel: +62 21 3517606 Fax: +62 21 3517606 Email: knkt@dephub.go.id

Aircraft

Registration
PK-IWT
Reported as
Piper PA31 - 350
Category
Airplane
Serial number
31-7752090
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 7, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 55 KB in all.