Last updated: 4 March 2021
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Saturday 9 January 2021 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-524 (WL) |
| Operator: | Sriwijaya Air |
| Registration: | PK-CLC |
| C/n / msn: | 27323/2616 |
| First flight: | 1994-05-13 (26 years 8 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 62983 |
| Cycles: | 40383 |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 56 / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 62 / Occupants: 62 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) NE of Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK) ( Indonesia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII), Indonesia |
| Pontianak Airport (PNK/WIOO), Indonesia | |
| Flightnumber: | SJ182 |
Sriwijaya Air flight 182 crashed into the sea, shortly after departure from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia. All 56 passengers and 6 crew members died in the accident.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-500 registered PK-CLC, arrived at Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 12:11 hours local time after a flight from Pangkal Pinang. The subsequent flight for the aircraft, SJ182, was due to depart at 13:40.
Weather at the airport was poor with heavy rainfall and low clouds due to a thunderstorm in de vicinity. This caused a delay in departure. At 14:18 the aircraft was cleared to taxi to runway 25R.
Take-off from runway 35R was commenced at 14:35 (07:35 UTC).
At 14:36:46, the pilot contacted the Terminal East (TE) controller and was cleared for an unrestricted climb to FL290. Five seconds later, at altitude of 1,980 feet, the Autopilot (AP) system engaged.
At 14:38:42, as the aircraft climbed past 8150 feet, the thrust lever of the left engine started reducing, while the thrust lever of the right engine remained in position. FDR data showed that the left engine N1 was decreasing whereas the right engine N1 remained the same.
Nine seconds later flight requested a heading change to 075° to avoid weather conditions, which was approved by the TE controller.
At 14:40:05, the aircraft reached the highest altitude of about 10,900 feet. The autopilot system disengaged at that point with a heading of 016°, the pitch angle was about 4.5° nose up, and the aircraft rolled to the left to more than 45°. The thrust lever position of the left engine continued decreasing while the right engine thrust lever remained in position.
Five seconds later the the autothrottle (A/T) system disengaged and the pitch angle was more than 10° nose down. The aircraft had entered a high speed descent and impacted the surface of the sea about 20 seconds later.
The wreckage was located and appeared to be distributed across an area of about 80 by 110 meters on the seabed at a depth of approximately 16 meters.
The Indonesian NTSC reported on February 10 that the aircraft had a repeating issue the autothrottle in the days before the accident.
On 3 January 2021, a pilot reported that the autothrottle was unserviceable. An engineer rectified the problem by cleaning the autothrottle computer’s electrical connector. After re-installation, the Built-in Test Equipment (BITE) test result was good.
On 4 January 2021, a pilot again reported that the autothrottle was unserviceable. An engineer tried cleaning the autothrottle computer’s electrical connector but the problem remained and it was transferred to the Deferred Maintenance Items.
On 5 January 2021, an engineer rectified the problem by cleaning the autothrottle Takeoff and Go Around (TOGA) switch and conducted a BITE test on the autothrottle computer. The BITE test result was good.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Antara» Flightradar24 track
METAR Weather report:
07:00 UTC / 14:00 local time:WIII 090700Z 30007KT 4000 VCTS RA FEW016CB OVC018 25/24 Q1007 NOSIG
07:30 UTC / 14:30 local time:
WIII 090730Z 30006KT 5000 -RA FEW017CB OVC018 25/24 Q1006 NOSIG
08:00 UTC / 15:00 local time:
WIII 090800Z 28008KT 4000 -RA BKN016 OVC018 26/24 Q1006 NOSIG
Follow-up / safety actions
NTSC issued 2 Safety Recommendations
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accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 1994 | N27610 | Boeing | first flight |
| 31 May 1994 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | delivered |
| 29 October 1994 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | bird strike incident (1 bird ingested in engine) |
| 4 November 2004 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | bird strike incident (1 bird hit fuselage on approach to Austin, TX (KAUS)) |
| 12 July 2005 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | bird strike incident (1 gull hit left side of radome fuselage on approach to Raleigh, NC (KRDU)) |
| 1 October 2010 | N27610 | United Airlines | merger |
| 19 March 2012 | N27610 | United Airlines | TT: 45359 hours; 24306 cycles |
| 15 May 2012 | PK-CLC | Sriwijaya Air | registered |
| 23 March 2020 | PK-CLC | Sriwijaya Air | parked/stored at Surabaya |
| 19 December 2020 | PK-CLC | Sriwijaya Air | resumed service |
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 Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Pontianak Airport as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Pontianak Airport as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
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.
