Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 21 JUN 1993 |
| Time: | 11:25 LT |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GNT |
| C/n / msn: | 47790/907 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 72 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 79 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Denpasar Bali-Ngurah Rai Airport (DPS) (Indonesia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport (JOG/WARJ), Indonesia |
| Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport (DPS/WADD), Indonesia | |
| Flightnumber: | 630 |
The DC-9 landed heavily on runway 09 (forces of 5g) and taxied safely to apron. Major structural damage was discovered there.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The aircraft was high on approach, which was overcorrected, causing the aircraft coming too low. Thrust was increased and the DC-9 then struck the runway in a nose up attitude.
Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/2001 (#35)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport to Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport as the crow flies is 530 km (331 miles).
Distance from Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport to Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport as the crow flies is 530 km (331 miles).
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.
