TWINOTTERARCHIVE master index

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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
PK-NVC
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• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• PH-SAY de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date 23-May-1979. First flight 30-May-1979.

• PH-SAY Delivered to Schreiner Airways, Maastricht. Netherlands, 21-Jun-1979.

Note: Arrived Rotterdam, Netherlands 2-Jun-1979 on delivery.

• N5467X S.A.I.L. Inc, Alexandria, VA., 21-Aug-1984.

Noted at Opa-locka, FL 23-Sep-1984, 10-Oct-1984, all white, no titles.

• N5467X Leased to Crown Air System, Hato Rey, Puerto Rica., Oct-1984.

• N5467X Returned to S.A.I.L. Inc., Alexandria, VA., 15-Sep-1986 Canx Oct-1986.

Note: Delivered Reykjavik- Maastricht 15-Sep-1986 on return to Schreiner.

• N5467X Regd to Schreiner Airways. Regd 23-Oct-1986. Canx 27-Dec-1986.

Note: Wearing Red Cross Markings.

• 9M-MDM Other details currently unknown (Air Britain 1988).

• 9M-PEG Sold to Pelangi Air, Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, 09-Dec-1987.

• 9M-PEG Sold to World Jet Aircraft International, Fort Lauderdale, FL., Aug-1990.

• 9M-BMM Sold to Boskym Udara Sdn Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, Aug-1990.

• PK-NVC Sold to MNA - Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Jakarta, Indonesia. 10-Nov-2006.

Accident: 42 km (26.3 mls) N of Oksibil Airport 02 August 2009. The aircraft was destroyed when it flew into the side of a mountain during a domestic flight from Jayapura to Oksibil Airport. The aircraft took off at 10:15 with an estimated time of arrival at Oksibil of 11:05. The pilots were operating under visual flight rules (VFR) procedures. This required them to remain clear of cloud. Ten minutes before impact the pilot in command mentioned climbing to 10,000 feet, and stated "if we cannot go visual I will turn left". The cockpit conversations did not exhibit any signs of stress or concern until two minutes before the impact, when the copilot mentioned haze and asked the captain if he could see. Fifty seconds before impact, the copilot expressed further concern and asked about the captain's intentions, and the captain said "climb, to the left". Forty-two seconds before impact the copilot asked if it was safe on the left. The copilot became increasingly uncertain about the safety of the flight, specifically mentioning visibility and speed. From the recorded sounds, it is apparent that 13 seconds before impact, engine power was increased symmetrically to a high power setting. The Twin Otter struck the side of a mountain at an elevation of 9300 feet. The wreckage was located 04-August with some difficulty because the ELT was unSeriesviceable. Three crew and 12 passengers were killed.

Total time at Aug-2009 27,336 hours.

Written off

PH-SAY of schreiner at Rotterdam - EHRD, Netherlands.
Photo: Unknown photographer © Date unknown
N5467X in service.
Photo: Unknown photographer © Date unknown - Erik Johannesson Collection
N5467X at Opa-Locka, Florida.
Photo: Michael J. Ody © October 1984
9M-BMM at Miri -WBGR, Malaysia.
Photo: Henry Tenby © 06 April 2000