# NTSB WPR14WA108: Piper PA31 - 350, Maluku, Indonesia, Indonesia, January 19, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 19, 2014
- Place: Maluku, Indonesia, Indonesia
- Coordinates: -5.641944, 132.757781 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-5.6419&lon=132.7578&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88744
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14WA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88744/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88744
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14WA108

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31 - 350
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7752090
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 7, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88744. 55 KB in all.

- Docket Statement (item 1, .PDF, 55 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40409541&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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