Tokyo - Kota Kinabalu - Jakarta

On September 4, 1991 at 02:11 PM, Tokyo - Kota Kinabalu - Jakarta experienced a crash involving Gulfstream GII, operated by Conoco, with the event recorded near Keningau Sabah.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Tokyo-Narita Airport on a flight to Jakarta with a fuel stop at Kota Kinabalu Airport, carrying nine passengers and three crew members, among them four corporate members of the Conoco Group that leased the aircraft from DuPont de Nemours. Following an uneventful flight from Tokyo, the crew started the descent to Kota Kinabalu after being cleared to 10,000 then 5,000 feet. ATC instructed the crew to follow a route to the south (180°) and after passing VJN VOR at 4,000 feet, the crew could expect a clearance for an approach to runway 02. While descending to 4,000 feet, the aircraft disappeared from radar screens after it struck the slope of a mountain located in the Crocker Mountain Range, about 9 km northwest of Keningau and 57 km south of Kota Kinabalu Airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 12 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N204C, MSN 143, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 5.3351°, 116.1555°.