PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Aug 11, 2018 (8 killed)
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on August 11, 2018 near Oksibil, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with 8 fatalities. Cause: KNKT:...
- Date: August 11, 2018
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Oksibil, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: KNKT: VFR rules were not properly applied; the pilot kept flying low toward mountainous terrain as he entered clouds, with no terrain information and no TAWS audio warning.
A PAC 750XL operated by Dimonim Air flew a passenger flight from Tanah Merah to Oksibil on 11 August 2018 in cloud and below visual flight minima. The pilot stopped responding to the tower after reporting overhead the airport, and the wreckage was found on a mountain ridge the next day. Eight of nine occupants died and one seriously injured boy survived.