| Date: | Tuesday 6 March 1979 |
| Time: | 18:55 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 |
| Owner/operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GVP |
| MSN: | 11094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7676 hours |
| Cycles: | 6707 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Probolinggo -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport (DPS/WADD) |
| Surabaya-Juanda Airport (SUB/WARR) |
The F-28 (called "Sambas") took off at 18:29 for a 30-minute flight. At 18:51 the flight was cleared to descend to FL40 (out of FL165) and report passing FL100 and FL60. The aircraft eventually struck Mount Bromo at 6200 feet.
Sources:
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); June 1975
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