Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 422

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 422

A Fokker F28 like the accident aircraft.
Accident summary
Date	30 November 1994
Type	Runway overrun
Site	Achmad Yani International Airport
Passengers	79
Crew	6
Injuries	0
Fatalities	0
Survivors	85 (all)
Aircraft type	Fokker F28
Operator	Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Tail number	PK-GKU
Flight origin	Jakarta, Indonesia
Destination	Achmad Yani International Airport, Indonesia

Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 422 was a Fokker F28 that crashed on 30 November 1994 after landing. No-one was killed in the accident, but the aircraft was written-off.

Accident

The aircraft was on a short-haul flight from Jakarta to Achmad Yani International Airport. There were 79 passengers and six crew on board. At 18:45pm Flight 422 touched down on the runway at Achmad Yani International Airport and overran the end of the runway. Flight 422 travelled into a ditch and broke in three. There was no fire when the aircraft stopped but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. None of the 85 passengers and crew were killed or injured in the accident.

Cause

The pilots let the aircraft touch down too far along the runway in heavy rain, leaving insufficient distance for the aircraft to stop.

References

Aviation Safety Network PK-GKU accident synopsis