Mandala Airlines Flight 660

Mandala Airlines Flight 660
	A similar type of aircraft involved. The aircraft involved in the accident could be seen behind the plane in the foreground while still in operation with Trans Australia Airlines
Accident
Date	24 July 1992
Summary	Microburst-induced wind shear, pilot error
Site	Mt. Lalaboy, Indonesia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount 816
Aircraft name	Nias
Operator	Mandala Airlines
Registration	PK-RVU
Flight origin	Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, Indonesia
Destination	Pattimura Airport, Ambon, Indonesia
Passengers	63
Crew	7
Fatalities	70
Survivors	0

Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed in Indonesia into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in a heavy thunderstorm. Pilot error and windshear were blamed for the crash.^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which first flew on 8 June 1959.^[2] It was delivered on 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines and named McDouall Stuart after an Australian explorer.^[2] By 1974 it had been bought by Mandala Airlines with the registration PK-RVU and name Nias.^[2]

References

^ "AirDisaster.Com " Accident Database " Accident Synopsis " 07241992". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 396

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

[1] "AirDisaster.Com " Accident Database " Accident Synopsis " 07241992". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[turbo-2] Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 396

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia, the Dutch East Indies, and Netherlands New Guinea
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1970s	Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash (November 1971) Pan Am Flight 812 (April 1974) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150 (September 1975) 1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash (July 1979)
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