Garuda Indonesia Flight 035

Garuda Indonesia Flight 035
Accident summary
A Garuda Indonesia McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 similar to the one involved.
Date	4 April 1987
Summary	Crashed on approach in bad weather
Site	Medan Airport, Indonesia
Passengers	37
Crew	8
Fatalities	23
Injuries (non-fatal)	22
Survivors	22
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-9-32
Operator	Garuda Indonesia
Registration	PK-GNQ
Flight origin	Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Banda Aceh Indonesia
Destination	Polonia Airport, Medan Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 was a domestic Garuda Indonesia flight that struck a pylon and crashed on approach to Medan-Polonia Airport on 4 April 1987.^[1] 23 of the 45 passengers and crew on board were killed in the accident.

Accident

The aircraft was on an Instrument Landing System approach to Medan Airport in a thunderstorm.^[2] The aircraft struck electrical power lines and crashed short of the runway. The aircraft broke up and the tail section separated and fire broke out.^[3]

Most of the survivors escaped through breaks in the fuselage and 11 were flung free of the aircraft.^[3] Four of the eight crew died and 19 passengers suffered fatal injuries due to smoke inhalation and burns.^[3] Four crew and 18 passengers suffered serious injuries.^[3] All the fatalities died due to the fire and not due to the impact with the ground.^[3]

Aircraft

The flight was carried out by a 1976-built Douglas DC-9-32 registered PK-GNQ. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.^[4]

References

↑ UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary
↑ "Garuda loses DC-9". Flight International: 2. 11 April 1987.
1 2 3 4 5 "CAA Paper 2002/04 A benefit analysis for Cabin water spray systems and enhanced fuselage burnthrough protection" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

← 1986
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1987 (1987)
1988 →

Jan 3 Varig Flight 797
Jan 15 Skywest Airlines Flight 1834
Jan 16 Aeroflot Flight 505
Mar 4 Northwest Airlink Flight 2268
Apr 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 035
May 8 American Eagle Flight 5452
May 9 LOT Flight 5055
Jun 19 Aeroflot Flight 528
Jun 27 Philippine Airlines Flight 206
Jul 30 Mexico City Boeing C-97 crash
Aug 16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255
Aug 31 Thai Airways Flight 365
Oct 15 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460
Oct 20 Ramada Inn Corsair crash
Nov 15 Continental Airlines Flight 1713
Nov 28 South African Airways Flight 295
Nov 29 Korean Air Flight 858
Dec 7 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
Dec 8 Alianza Lima disaster
Dec 13 Philippine Airlines Flight 443
Dec 23 Finnair Flight 915

Garuda Indonesia

Current subsidiaries	Aerowisata Citilink GMF AeroAsia

Former names	Indonesian Airways Garuda Indonesian Airways

Fleet	Airbus A330-200 Airbus A330-300 Boeing 737-500 Boeing 737-800 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 777-300ER Bombardier CRJ1000 ATR 72-600

Hub	Juanda International Airport Kuala Namu International Airport Ngurah Rai International Airport Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport

Incidents and accidents	GA 708 GA 150 GA 206 GA 035 GA 865 GA 152 GA 421 GA 200

Destinations

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