PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Aug 12, 2015 (1 killed)
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on August 12, 2015 near Ninia, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with 1 fatality. Cause: KNKT...
- Date: August 12, 2015
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Ninia, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: KNKT (report KNKT.15.08.16.04, per ASN and BAAA summaries): continuing the flight with both airspeed indicators unserviceable raised workload, the corrective action to the stall warning was improper, and unfamiliarity with the airstrip plus inadequate training for a high risk airstrip led to a stall.
A Komala Air Pacific Aerospace PAC 750XL (PK KIG) on an unscheduled passenger flight from Wamena to the Ninia airstrip in Papua crashed on 12 August 2015 after both airspeed indicators failed. The aural stall warning sounded on approach, the aircraft turned away and climbed, then stalled and hit the ground about 200 m from the runway. The engineer was killed, and the pilot and other occupants were seriously or lightly injured.