Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 17 July 1997
Aircraft Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator: Sempati Air Transport, lsf Trigana Air Service
Registration Number: PK-YPM
Location: Bandung –
ÿ Indonesia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 50
Component Affected: The F-27 aircraft’s engine.The F-27 aircraft’s engine.
Category: Accident
A F-27 leased aircraft, ‘Jayapura’, experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff from Bandung, Indonesia, leading to a crash into a muddy field. The aircraft clipped roofs and a wall of a housing complex, resulting in a fire and breakup.A F-27 leased aircraft, ‘Jayapura’, experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff from Bandung, Indonesia, leading to a crash into a muddy field. The aircraft clipped roofs and a wall of a housing complex, resulting in a fire and breakup.
Description
The F-27, leased from Trigana Air Services, took off from Bandung at 11:46 West Indian Time for a flight to Jakarta. Shortly after takeoff the aircraft developed engine trouble; smoke was seen emitting from one of the engines. The crew tried to make an emergency landing at Sulaiman Airbase runway 13, but the aircraft clipped roofs and a wall of a housing complex and crashed into a muddy field. The F-27 (named “Jayapura”) broke up and caught fire. On May 14, 1996 PK-YPM was involved in a an accident when the no. 1 prop struck the right wing of a parked F-28 (PK-PJL) at Jakarta.
Primary Cause
Engine trouble on the F-27 aircraft.Engine trouble on the F-27 aircraft.Share on:
