Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 1 January 1966
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Garuda Indonesia Airways
Registration Number: PK-GDE
Location: 120 km S of Palembang –
ÿ Indonesia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Both aircraft’s flight control systems and potentially the engines.Both aircraft’s flight control systems and potentially the engines.
Category: Accident
Two Garuda Douglas C-47 aircraft collided and crashed near Palembang, Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of all 17 occupants on board each aircraft. The aircraft departed Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport for Palembang, with a 4-minute gap between their departures.Two Garuda Douglas C-47 aircraft collided and crashed near Palembang, Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of all 17 occupants on board each aircraft. The aircraft departed Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport for Palembang, with a 4-minute gap between their departures.
Description
Two Garuda Douglas C-47 aircraft collided and crashed about 120 km south of Palembang, Indonesia. All 17 occupants on board each aircraft were killed. Both aircraft had departed Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport for Palembang with one departing four minutes after the other.
Source of Information
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010955893:mpeg21:a0203https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010955893:mpeg21:a0203Primary Cause
Possible mechanical failure or adverse weather conditions combined with pilot error.Possible mechanical failure or adverse weather conditions combined with pilot error.Share on:
