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![]() A Merpati Nusantara Airlines DHC-6, similar aircraft to the one involved the crash | |
Accident | |
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Date | 29 March 1977 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain caused by pilot error |
Site | Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Operator | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
IATA flight No. | MZ516 |
ICAO flight No. | MNA516 |
Call sign | MERPATI 516 |
Registration | PK-NUP |
Flight origin | Mutiara Airport, Palu |
Destination | Lalos Airport, Tolitoli Regency |
Occupants | 23 |
Passengers | 20 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 13 |
Survivors | 10 |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 516 was a domestic commercial passenger 50-minutes flight, flying from Mutiara Airport, Palu to Lalos Airport in Tolitoli Regency, Indonesia operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300. [1]
The aircraft crashed into Mount Tinombala in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Killing 13 people on board. [2]