Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 15 MAY 1998 |
| Time: | 11:03 |
| Type: | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 |
| Operator: | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration: | PK-MGT |
| C/n / msn: | 11193 |
| First flight: | 1983 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 555-15H Spey |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kendari Airport (KDI) (Indonesia) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kendari-Wolter Monginsidi Airport (KDI/WAWW), Indonesia |
| Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport (UPG/WAAA), Indonesia | |
| Flightnumber: | 715 |
The cargo door warning light illuminated during the takeoff roll. Takeoff was aborted, but the aircraft could not be stopped on the runway. It overran into soft ground and came to rest some 200m past the runway end. Landing gear, tail and left wing were badly damaged.
Events:
Sources:
» Airnieuws 342
» Kompas ("F-28 MNA Kecelakaan" - 18.05.1998)
» National Transportation Safety Committee Indonesia
» Scramble 233
Photos
PK-GKK later moved to Merpati as PK-MGT.
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 Kendari-Wolter Monginsidi Airport to Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport as the crow flies is 334 km (209 miles).
Distance from Kendari-Wolter Monginsidi Airport to Ujung Pandang-Hasanudin Airport as the crow flies is 334 km (209 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.
