Semarang - Bandung

On October 18, 1992 at 01:30 PM, Semarang - Bandung experienced a crash involving Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 (IPTN), operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines - MNA, with the event recorded near Mt Puntang West Java.

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

31 people were known to be on board, 31 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 27, passenger fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew initiated the descent to Bandung-Husein Sastranegara Airport and encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls. Too low, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Puntang located about 25 km south of Bandung Airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 31 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-MNN, MSN N013, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.3981°, 108.1629°.