Datah Dawai - Samarinda

On November 18, 2000 at 10:53 AM, Datah Dawai - Samarinda experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Islander, operated by Dirgantara Air Service, with the event recorded near Datah Dawai East Kalimantan.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

18 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 18 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 17, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The aircraft departed from Datah Dawai Airport for a regular commercial flight with destination airport, Samarinda, East Kalimantan. There were 18 persons on board including the pilot. Minutes after airborne, the aircraft crashed at a location of about 2 km north of the runway 02 extension. The pilot and 11 passengers were found seriously injured, while six sustained minor injuries or none. Weather was reported clear at the time of the occurrence.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-VIY, MSN 2133, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 0.8064°, 114.5296°.