Pacific Aerospace, Mambruk Airstrip, Papua Indonesia, 20 April 2020

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TAIC provided accredited representative assistance to KNKT in Indonesia’s investigation. Nose wheel of Fletcher fertilizer aircraft impacted farm animal on runway, nose wheel collapsed.

Executive summary Tuhinga whakarāpopoto

TAIC provided accredited representative assistance to an investigation by Indonesia’s Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi (KNKT).

KNKT reported that on 20 April 2020, a Pacific Aerospace FU 24-950 (Fletcher) aircraft, with registration PK-PNZ operated by PT Sinar Mas Super Air as agriculture (fertilizer spraying) flight in Mabruk Airstrip, Lereh, Papua. The aircraft nose wheel collapsed after it impacted a boar on the airstrip. No one injured, minor damage to aircraft. Local people used the side area of threshold runway 36 at Mambruk for boar farming. KNKT found that the boar had gained entry as a result of the poor condition of the fence and gutter. The aircraft operator and airstrip operator took action to improve the safety issues, so KNKT did not issue safety recommendations.

KNKT published its final report on 15 August 2022: https://knkt.go.id/news/read/wildlife%2c-sinarmas-super-air-(fletcher-fu--24--950-pk--pnz)%2c-lereh-airstrip-knkt.20.04.06.04