Date: | Saturday 18 June 1988 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 828 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
Registration: | PK-MVG |
MSN: | 445 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 48 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Medan-Polonia Airport (MES) -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII) |
Destination airport: | Medan-Polonia Airport (MES/WIMM) |
Narrative:The aircraft, named "Siberut", was approaching runway 05 when the hydraulic pressure fell to 0. The landing roll was too far to the right and the aircraft ran off the side of the runway.
The aircraft was probably ferried to Jakarta (CGK) and withdrawn from use there.
Sources:
NTSC, Air Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK); October 1990
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT); May 1980
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