Lion Air Flight 538

Infobox Airliner accident
name = Lion Air Flight 538
Date = November 30 2004
Type = Pilot error (Runway overshoot)
Site = Surakarta, Indonesia
Fatalities = 25
Injuries = 142
Aircraft Type= McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Operator = Lion Air
Tail Number = PK-LMN
Passengers = 164
Crew = 4
Survivors = 142

Lion Air Flight JT 538 was a flight from Jakarta to Surabaya with a transit in Surakarta, Indonesia carrying 146 passengers. On November 30, 2004 the MD-82 plane crash landed in the Adi Sumarmo Airport in Surakarta. The plane overran the end of the 2600 m (8500 ft) runway. Despite a regular night flight, there were wet conditions in the area at the time. The captain, a flight attendant, and 23 passengers died as a result of the accident, for a total of 25 fatalities.

ee also

*Runway safety area
*Engineered materials arrestor system
*Ground effect in aircraft
*Lion Air Flight 386

References

* [http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20050124X00096&key=1 NTSB Report]