Mandala Airlines Flight 660
Accident
The aircraft involved in the accident could be seen behind the plane in the foreground while still in operation with Trans Australia Airlines
Date	24 July 1992
Summary	Microburst-induced wind shear, pilot error
Site	Mt. Lalaboy, Indonesia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount 816
Aircraft name	Nias
Operator	Mandala Airlines
Registration	PK-RVU
Flight origin	Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar, Indonesia
Destination	Pattimura Airport, Ambon, Indonesia
Passengers	63
Crew	7
Fatalities	70
Survivors	0

Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed in Indonesia into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in a heavy thunderstorm. Pilot error and windshear were blamed for the crash.^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which first flew on 8 June 1959.^[2] It was delivered on 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines as VH-TVQ and named McDouall Stuart.^[2] By 1974 it had been bought by Mandala Airlines with the registration PK-RVU and name Nias.^[2]

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Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia, the Dutch East Indies, and Netherlands New Guinea

Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia, the Dutch East Indies, and Netherlands New Guinea
1940s- 1960s	Qantas Short Empire shootdown (January 1942) Dakota VT-CLA (July 1947) Air India Flight 300 (April 1955) KLM Flight 844 (July 1957) Garuda Indonesia Flight 708 (February 1967)
1970s- 1980s	Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash (November 1971) Pan Am Flight 812 (April 1974) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150 (September 1975) 1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash (July 1979) Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 (March 1981) 1982 Garuda Fokker F28 crash (March 1982) British Airways Flight 009 (June 1982) Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 (April 1987)
1990s	Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash (October 1991) Mandala Airlines Flight 660 (July 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601 (October 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (July 1993) Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 (December 1996) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 (April 1997) Sempati Air Flight 304 (July 1997) Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (September 1997) SilkAir Flight 185 (December 1997)
2000s	Dirgantara Air Service Flight 3130 (November 2000) Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 (January 2002) Lion Air Flight 583 (November 2004) Nias Island Sea King crash (April 2005) Mandala Airlines Flight 091 (September 2005) Adam Air Flight 574 (January 2007) Adam Air Flight 172 (February 2007) Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (March 2007) Mimika Air Flight 514 (April 2009) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760 (August 2009)
2010s	Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 836 (April 2010) Qantas Flight 32 (November 2010) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 (May 2011) Nusantara Buana Air Flight 823 (September 2011) Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash (May 2012) Lion Air Flight 904 (April 2013) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517 (June 2013) Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (December 2014) Trigana Air Flight 267 (August 2015) Aviastar Flight 7503 (October 2015) Batik Air Flight 7703 (April 2016) Lion Air Flight 610 (October 2018)
2020s	Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 (January 2021) SAM Air Cessna 208 Caravan crash (June 2023)