Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Jan 18, 2002
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on January 18, 2002 near Bugalaga, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: January 18, 2002
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Bugalaga, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The landing roll with a tailwind component on a runway in poor condition, which remained a contributing factor.
A Trigana Air Pilatus Porter on a cargo flight from Nabire landed on runway 06 at Bugalaga with a tailwind. It bounced twice, veered off the runway and came to rest in bushes. Both pilots were unhurt, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.