Ambon - Ternate - Manado

On May 9, 1991 at 02:37 AM, Ambon - Ternate - Manado experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines - MNA, with the event recorded near Manado-Sam Ratulangi North Sulawesi.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Ternate Airport at 0153LT on the second leg of a flight from Ambon to Manado. While descending by night to Manado-Sam Ratulangi Airport, the crew encountered limited visibility due to poor weather conditions when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Klabat located 15 km southeast of runway 36 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 13 occupants were killed. It was raining at the time of the accident and the mountain was shrouded in clouds.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-MFD, MSN 10399, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 1.4800°, 124.8368°.