Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 06 APR 2009 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Operator: | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) |
| Registration: | A-2703 |
| C/n / msn: | 10538 |
| First flight: | 1976-08-31 (32 years 8 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bandung-Husein Sastranegara International Airport (BDO) (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Bandung-Husein Sastranegara International Airport (BDO/WICC), Indonesia |
The Indonesian Air Force Fokker F-27 was returning to Bandung (BDO) from a parachuting exercise. Six crew, an instructor and 17 special forces trainees were onboard the aircraft. On landing the airplane contacted a hangar near the runway 29 threshold. Sources in Indonesia reported to Kompas.com that there was a 20-knot crosswind at the time of the accident.
Sources:
» Angin Samping Picu Kecelakaan Fokker 27-03 (Kompas.com, 6-4-2009)
» 24 dead in Bandung military plane crash (Jakarta Post, 7-4-2009)
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 AUG 1976 | PH-EXC | Fokker | first flight |
| 23 SEP 1976 | PH-FRN | Fokker | |
| 23 SEP 1976 | T-2703 | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) | delivered |
| 1980 | PK-VFE | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) | new registration |
| 1985 | A-2703 | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) | new registration |
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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