Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 (IPTN) crash, Oct 18, 1992 (31 killed)
Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 (IPTN) accident on October 18, 1992 near Mt Puntang, West Java, Indonesia with 31 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: October 18, 1992
- Aircraft: Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 (IPTN)
- Location: Mt Puntang, West Java, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 31
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after a premature descent in adverse weather; the national safety committee is reported to have attributed it to pilot error aggravated by weather.
Merpati Flight MZ5601, a CN-235 from Semarang, was on approach to Bandung on 18 October 1992 in heavy rain when it struck the slope of Mount Puntang about 25 km south of the airport. The aircraft broke up on impact and all 31 people on board died. Indonesia's safety committee is reported to have blamed pilot error aggravated by weather.