Garuda Indonesia Flight 035

1987 aviation accident

Garuda Indonesia Flight 035
Accident
A Garuda Indonesia Douglas DC-9, The sister ship of the aircraft
Date	4 April 1987
Summary	Crashed on approach in bad weather
Site	Medan Airport, Indonesia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-9-32
Aircraft name	Pawan(until 1986)
Operator	Garuda Indonesia
Registration	PK-GNQ
Flight origin	Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Banda Aceh Indonesia
Destination	Polonia Airport, Medan Indonesia
Passengers	37
Crew	8
Fatalities	23
Injuries	22
Survivors	22

Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 was a domestic Garuda Indonesia flight that struck a pylon and crashed on approach to Medan-Polonia Airport on 4 April 1987. 23 of the 45 passengers and crew on board were killed in the accident.

Accident

The aircraft was on an Instrument Landing System approach to Medan Airport in a thunderstorm. The aircraft struck electrical power lines and crashed short of the runway. The aircraft broke up and the tail section separated and fire broke out.

Most of the survivors escaped through breaks in the fuselage and 11 were flung free of the aircraft. Four of the eight crew died and 19 passengers suffered fatal injuries due to smoke inhalation and burns. Four crew and 18 passengers suffered serious injuries. All of the fatalities were a result of the fire and not due to the impact with the ground.

Aircraft

The flight was carried out by a 1976-built Douglas DC-9-32 registered PK-GNQ. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off. This registration was later given to a Boeing 737-800, also operated by Garuda Indonesia.

References

UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary
"Garuda loses DC-9". Flight International: 2. 11 April 1987.
^ "CAA Paper 2002/04 A benefit analysis for Cabin water spray systems and enhanced fuselage burnthrough protection" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. 7 April 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family

Civil/Commercial

DC-9
- -80/81/82/83/87/88

Boeing 717

Military

Accidents and
incidents

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MD-90	Uni Air Flight 873 (1999)

Topics

Operators
- MD-80
- MD-90
- Boeing 717

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1987 (1987)
Jan 3 Varig Flight 797Jan 15 SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834Jan 16 Aeroflot Flight U-505Mar 4 Northwest Airlink Flight 2268Apr 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 035May 8 American Eagle Flight 5452May 9 LOT Flight 5055May 19 Air New Zealand Flight 24Jun 11 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdownJun 19 Aeroflot Flight N-528Jun 26 Philippine Airlines Flight 206Jul 24 Air Afrique Flight 056Jul 30 Mexico City Boeing C-97 crashAug 16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255Aug 31 Thai Airways Flight 365Oct 11 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crashOct 15 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460Oct 20 Ramada Inn Corsair crashNov 15 Continental Airlines Flight 1713Nov 28 South African Airways Flight 295Nov 29 Korean Air Flight 858Dec 7 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771Dec 8 Alianza Lima disasterDec 13 Philippine Airlines Flight 443Dec 21 Air Littoral Flight 1919Dec 23 Finnair Flight 915
1986 ◄ ► 1988

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1987 (1987)

Jan 3 Varig Flight 797Jan 15 SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834Jan 16 Aeroflot Flight U-505Mar 4 Northwest Airlink Flight 2268Apr 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 035May 8 American Eagle Flight 5452May 9 LOT Flight 5055May 19 Air New Zealand Flight 24Jun 11 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdownJun 19 Aeroflot Flight N-528Jun 26 Philippine Airlines Flight 206Jul 24 Air Afrique Flight 056Jul 30 Mexico City Boeing C-97 crashAug 16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255Aug 31 Thai Airways Flight 365Oct 11 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crashOct 15 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460Oct 20 Ramada Inn Corsair crashNov 15 Continental Airlines Flight 1713Nov 28 South African Airways Flight 295Nov 29 Korean Air Flight 858Dec 7 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771Dec 8 Alianza Lima disasterDec 13 Philippine Airlines Flight 443Dec 21 Air Littoral Flight 1919Dec 23 Finnair Flight 915

1986 ◄ ► 1988

Garuda Indonesia

Former name

Garuda Indonesian Airways

Services

Destinations

Fleet	Airbus A330-200 Airbus A330-300 Airbus A330-900 Boeing 737-800 Boeing 777-300ER

Subsidiaries

Accidents and incidents

GA424 (1961)
GA542 (1961)
GA708 (1967)
GA892 (1968)
MP138 (1974)
GA150 (1975)
LL001 (1978)
Fokker F28 crash (1979)
GA206 (1981)
Fokker F28 crash (1982)
GA035 (1987)
GA865 (1996)
GA152 (1997)
GA421 (2002)
GA200 (2007)

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia before 2000
1940s	Qantas Short Empire shootdown (January 1942)* RAAF Douglas C-47 disappearance (December 1945)* Yogyakarta Dakota incident (July 1947)*
1950s	Air India Flight 300 (April 1955) KLM Flight 844 (July 1957)*
1960s	Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424 (January 1961) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 542 (February 1961) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708 (February 1967)
1970s	Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crash (November 1971) Pan Am Flight 812 (April 1974) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150 (September 1975) Garuda Fokker F28 crash (July 1979)
1980s	Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 (March 1981) Garuda Fokker F28 crash (March 1982) British Airways Flight 009 (June 1982) Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 (April 1987)
1990s	Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash (October 1991) Mandala Airlines Flight 660 (July 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601 (October 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (July 1993) Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 (December 1996) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 (April 1997) Sempati Air Flight 304 (July 1997) Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (September 1997) SilkAir Flight 185 (December 1997)
"*" denotes an incident that took place in either the Dutch East Indies or Netherlands New Guinea 1940–1999 ► 2000–2009

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