Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant crash, Jan 31, 1993 (14 killed)
Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant accident on January 31, 1993 near Mt Kapur, Aceh, Indonesia with 14 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain: the...
- Date: January 31, 1993
- Aircraft: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant
- Location: Mt Kapur, Aceh, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain: the crew flew below the minimum prescribed altitude in cloud and poor visibility, apparently unaware of how low the aircraft was.
A Short SC.7 Skyvan 3 Variant 100 (9M-PID) on a scheduled flight from Medan to Banda Aceh flew into the slope of Mt Kapur in Aceh while in cloud. The crew had reported 8,500 feet to ATC only minutes before the impact. The wreckage was found hours later and all 14 people aboard died.