ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) PK-GDY Madura Island
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Date:Friday 3 February 1961
Time:23:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Garuda Indonesia Airways
Registration: PK-GDY
MSN: 13052
First flight: 1944
Total airframe hrs:18829
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Total:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Missing
Aircraft fate: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Location:off Madura Island (   Indonesia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Surabaya-Juanda Airport (SUB/WARR), Indonesia
Destination airport:Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport (BPN/WALL), Indonesia
Flightnumber: 542
Narrative:
The aircraft went missing on a flight from Surabaya. The wreckage was never found.

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Distance from Surabaya-Juanda Airport to Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport as the crow flies is 814 km (509 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Douglas DC-3

  • ca 13.000 built
  • 3521st loss
  • 1365th fatal accident
  • 45th worst accident (at the time)
  • 90th worst accident (currently)
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