Rimbun DHC6 at Moanemani on Dec 24th 2022, runway excursion

Last Update: December 24, 2022 / 12:45:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2022

Classification
Accident

Airline
Rimbun Air

Aircraft Registration
PK-OTY

ICAO Type Designator
DHC6

A Rimbun Air de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, registration PK-OTY performing a positioning flight from Timika to Moanemani (Indonesia) with 3 crew, landed on Moanemani's runway 03 but veered off the right edge of the runway, contacted the airport perimeter fence with its right hand wing and became disabled with the right main gear caught in a ditch.

Local police reported the aircraft landed in strong winds. The nose tyres burst on landing, the aircraft went off the runway and its right hand main gear went into a ditch. There were no injuries. As the right hand wing got entangled with the airport perimeter fence, parts of the fence had to be taken down as well to be able to move the aircraft. The aircraft had been chartered to take troops from Moanemani to Timika.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2022

Classification
Accident

Airline
Rimbun Air

Aircraft Registration
PK-OTY

ICAO Type Designator
DHC6

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