| Date: | Wednesday 11 July 1979 |
| Time: | 18:56 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 |
| Owner/operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GVE |
| MSN: | 11055 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14154 hours |
| Cycles: | 14084 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 61 / Occupants: 61 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Sibayak -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Palembang Airport (PLM/WIPP) |
| Medan-Polonia Airport (MES/WIMM) |
A Garuda Fokker F-28, named "Mamberamo", departed Palembang, Indonesia, at 17:33 local time with an estimated arrival at Polonia Airport, Medan at 19:05.
The flight was cleared for a runway 05 NDB approach and the pilot later reported maintaining 6000 feet until overhead the ON NDB. The aircraft struck the 7200 feet high Mount Sibayak volcano at an altitude of 5560 feet.
Sources:
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; April 1974
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