ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333634
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Date: | Tuesday 24 January 1961 |
Time: | 02:48 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3C) |
Owner/operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
Registration: | PK-GDI |
MSN: | 19672 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mount Burangrang -
Indonesia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT) |
Destination airport: | Bandung-Husein Sastranegara Airport (BDO/WICC) |
Narrative:The DC-3 took off from Jakarta at 02:09 Z for a flight to Bandung, Yokjakarta and Surabaya. The plane climbed to a cruising altitude of 3500 feet to fly below the clouds. At 02:43 the flight crew requested permission to climb to FL95. The plane was then instructed to contact Husein tower, but the latter didn't acknowledge. The DC-3 didn't arrive at its destination and the wreckage was found on January 28 on the western slope of Mount Burangrang at an altitude of 5400 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The attempt by the pilot to fly over mountainous terrain when unsure of his position and in weather conditions which severely restricted visibility".
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