1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash

1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash
	A Garuda Indonesia Fokker F28, similar to the one involved.
Accident
Date	11 July 1979
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Mount Sibayak, Indonesia ; 3°15′N 98°30′E / 3.25°N 98.5°E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fokker F28 Mk-1000
Aircraft name	Mamberamo
Operator	Garuda Indonesian Airways
Registration	PK-GVE
Flight origin	Talang Betutu Airport; Palembang, Indonesia
Destination	Polonia Int'l Airport; Medan, Indonesia
Occupants	61
Passengers	57
Crew	4
Fatalities	61
Survivors	0

The 1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash occurred on 11 July 1979 when a Garuda Indonesian Airways Fokker F28 airliner on a domestic flight in Indonesia from Talang Betutu Airport, Palembang, to Polonia International Airport (now Soewondo Air Force Base), Medan, struck Mount Sibayak at 5,560 feet (1,690 m) on approach to landing, with no survivors.^[1]

The aircraft had departed Palembang 80 minutes earlier and had been cleared for an approach to runway 05 at Medan Airport. The aircraft was asked to report passing the nondirectional beacon (NDB) "ON" at 2,500 feet (760 m). The pilot then reported he was maintaining a height of 9,300 feet (2,800 m) as the NDB was unreliable. The approach controller then asked them to maintain that height until after they had passed the NDB. The pilot then reported they were at 6,000 feet (1,800 m). The aircraft struck the 7,200-foot-high (2,200 m) volcano Mount Sibayak at 5,560 feet (1,690 m).^[1]