Fokker F27 Friendship crash, May 9, 1991 (13 killed), Man...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on May 9, 1991 near Manado-Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi, Indonesia with 13 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: May 9, 1991
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Manado-Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain during a night descent in rain and low cloud with limited visibility.
Merpati Nusantara Airlines flight MZ7533 from Ternate to Manado, on the second leg of a service from Ambon, struck the slope of Mount Klabat about 15 km southeast of the runway 36 threshold at Sam Ratulangi Airport in the early hours of 9 May 1991. The F27 was descending at night through rain and cloud when it hit the mountain. All 13 people on board were killed.