Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 OCT 1991 |
| Time: | ca 15:00 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules |
| Operator: | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) |
| Registration: | A-1324 |
| C/n / msn: | 4927 |
| First flight: | 1982 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 121 / Occupants: 122 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 133 / Occupants: 134 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) S of Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP) (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP/WIHH), Indonesia |
| Bandung-Husein Sastranegara Airport (BDO/WICC), Indonesia |
The Hercules was carrying airmen who had just participated in an Armed Forces Day ceremony. Shortly after takeoff from Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP) an engine was said to have caught fire. Control was apparently lost as the airplane plowed into a Department of Labor training center and caught fire. Two security guards on the ground were killed.
Events:
Sources:
» Musibah pada hari ulang tahun (Tempo online, 12-10-1991)
» Profil Pesawat Naas Hercules C 130 (Viva News, 20-5-2009)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport to Bandung-Husein Sastranegara Airport as the crow flies is 103 km (64 miles).
Distance from Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport to Bandung-Husein Sastranegara Airport as the crow flies is 103 km (64 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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