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 poor weather conditions.
On approach to Pattimura, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt. Lalaboy about 14 km southwest of Runway 04 while trying to land in heavy rain, at around 16:30 local time. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and there were no survivors.
The cause was attributed to pilot error after the aircraft was approaching at an insufficient altitude, possibly caused by windshears. It was possible that the pilots were following instruments that may have given false readings or had malfunctioned.[1][2]
