Narrative:
A no. 2 engine failure 13 minutes after takeoff forced the crew to return to Palembang. The aircraft crashed into a swamp short of Palembang.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the right engine, a lack of precaution on the part of the captain and marginal weather. A contributing factor may have been the overloaded condition of the aircraft, however, not to such an extent that it forced the aircraft to descend to a dangerously low altitude."
» The Singapore Free Press 26 December 1959, p1
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 24 December 1959 |
| Time: | 05:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GDV |
| MSN: | 13535 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) from Palembang ( Indonesia)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport (PLM/WIPP), Indonesia |
| Pangkal Pinang Airport (PGK/WIKK), Indonesia | |
| Flightnumber: | 330 |
A no. 2 engine failure 13 minutes after takeoff forced the crew to return to Palembang. The aircraft crashed into a swamp short of Palembang.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the right engine, a lack of precaution on the part of the captain and marginal weather. A contributing factor may have been the overloaded condition of the aircraft, however, not to such an extent that it forced the aircraft to descend to a dangerously low altitude."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 62-AN/57 (233-236)» The Singapore Free Press 26 December 1959, p1
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Map
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 Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport to Pangkal Pinang Airport as the crow flies is 179 km (112 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport to Pangkal Pinang Airport as the crow flies is 179 km (112 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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