Labuan – Bandar Seri Begawan – Miri

On September 6, 1997 at 07:42 PM, Labuan – Bandar Seri Begawan – Miri experienced a crash involving Dornier DO228, operated by Royal Brunei Airlines - RBA, with the event recorded near Miri Sarawak.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Bandar Seri Begawan Airport at 1903LT on a regular schedule flight to Miri, Sarawak. At 1936LT, the crew was cleared for an approach to runway 02 but failed to acknowledge. Six minutes later, while descending by night, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Lambir (500 metres high) located 13,7 km from the airport. The wreckage was found the next morning at 0710LT. All 10 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9M-MIA, MSN 8217, year of manufacture 1993.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.3351°, 113.9865°.