 Wreckage of the aircraft at the crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 April 2009 |
| Summary | Pilot error, CRM failure |
| Site | Pikei Hill, Tengah Mountain, Wamena, Indonesia 04°02′18″S 138°56′47″E / 4.03833°S 138.94639°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | British Aerospace 146-300 |
| Operator | Aviastar |
| Registration | PK-BRD |
| Flight origin | Sentani Airport, Jayapura, Indonesia |
| Destination | Wamena Airport, Wamena, Indonesia |
| Occupants | 6 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash occurred on April 9, 2009, when a British Aerospace 146 (BAe 146) crashed into Pikei Hill during a ferry flight from Sentani Airport to Wamena Airport, both in Indonesia's Papua province. All 6 crew members were killed. The aircraft was carrying voting paper to Wamena as well as several other goods, as a parliamentary election was held in the month. The wreckage was found in Pikei Hill, Tengah Mountain, Tangma, Yahukimo District.[1]
The accident was the first fatal crash for Aviastar and was the second airliner crash in Indonesia within a week, after an Indonesian Air Force Fokker 27 crashed into a hangar at Bandung on 6 April, killing all 24 people on board.
A final report by the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) concluded that the crash was due to Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) resulting from pilot error. The Captain ignored the ground proximity warning after the First Officer had warned him many times as he became anxious about how the Captain was handling the aircraft.[2]
- ^ "Pesawat Aviastar Diduga Jatuh di Wamena". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Final Report PK-BRD". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.