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Date: | Friday 3 February 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 180B |
Owner/operator: | MILUVA |
Registration: | PZ-PTH (1) |
MSN: | 50668 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Waghete -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Waghete |
Destination airport: | Enarotali |
Narrative:Shortly after take-off, in a 180° turn, the pilot encountered an unexpectedly strong tail wind. The Cessna became uncontrollable and the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing at the airport. That failed and the aircraft hit a deep ditch, overturned and broke into three pieces. Three of the four occupants were seriously injured.
Sources:
25 jaar missieluchtvaart in Irian Jaya, Indonesië.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2024 10:33 |
Roberto |
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