Fokker F28 Fellowship crash, Nov 30, 1994, Semarang-Ahmad...
Fokker F28 Fellowship accident on November 30, 1994 near Semarang-Ahmad Yani, Central Java, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: A wrong approach...
- Date: November 30, 1994
- Aircraft: Fokker F28 Fellowship
- Location: Semarang-Ahmad Yani, Central Java, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A wrong approach configuration led to a late touchdown on a wet runway, with poor braking and aquaplaning. Contributing factors included failure to follow the approach checklist, poor crew coordination and the failure to go around.
A Merpati Fokker F28 on scheduled flight MZ422 from Jakarta landed at night in heavy rain and strong winds at Semarang-Ahmad Yani. The aircraft touched down far along a wet runway, could not stop, ran off the end and came to rest in a ravine, breaking in three. All 85 people on board were evacuated, three of them with minor injuries.