ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329532
| Date: | Wednesday 24 September 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 |
| Owner/operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GVC |
| MSN: | 11039 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8516 hours |
| Cycles: | 7533 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 61 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km from Palembang Airport (PLM) -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT) |
| Palembang Airport (PLM/WIPP) |
Fellowship "Mahakem" struck a coconut tree on the downwind leg for a runway 28 approach. Weather was poor: visibility 50 m with fog.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Visual flight in weather conditions below minima.
Sources:
Aviation News 17 October 1975
Willem Wendt
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