Wamena – Lolat

On June 14, 2016 at 07:58 AM, Wamena – Lolat experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Associated Mission Aviation - AMA, with the event recorded near Lolat Special Region of Papua.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine airplane departed Wamena Airport at 0739LT on a cargo flight to Lolat, carrying two passengers, one pilot and a load of building materials for a total weight of 1,190 kilos. On short final to Lolat Airfield, the aircraft impacted the roof of a wooded house and crashed, bursting into flames. All three occupants of the airplane evacuated safely while three people in the house were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-RCK, MSN 208B-5149, year of manufacture 2014.