Vickers Viscount crash, Jul 4, 1988, Balikpapan
Vickers Viscount accident on July 4, 1988 near Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: Unstable approach in a tailwind...
- Date: July 4, 1988
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Unstable approach in a tailwind followed by a hard touchdown on runway 07.
A Bouraq Vickers Viscount (PK-IVW) on a Tarakan, Balikpapan and Martapura service landed hard at Balikpapan Sepingan on 4 July 1988 after an unstable approach with a tailwind. The nose and right main gear collapsed and the aircraft slid on its belly. All 76 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.