Manado - Gorontalo

On January 30, 1991 at 01:00 PM, Manado - Gorontalo experienced a crash involving Casa 212 Aviocar, operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines - MNA, with the event recorded near Gorontalo North Sulawesi.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 20 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 4.8%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Gorontalo-Jalaluddin Airport was initiated in thunderstorm activity with heavy rain falls. Too low, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain (1,500 meters high) located about 59 km from the airport. The wreckage was found about 30 meters below the summit. A passenger aged 80 died while all other occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-NCY, MSN 258/78N, year of manufacture 1985.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 1.4886°, 124.8395°.