Fokker F27 Friendship crash, May 8, 1995, Jayapura-Sentani
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on May 8, 1995 near Jayapura-Sentani, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: Partial brake...
- Date: May 8, 1995
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Jayapura-Sentani, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Partial brake failure after an unexplained loss of hydraulic pressure, and the crew did not make use of the available auxiliary system.
A Trigana Air Fokker F27 flying the scheduled Wamena to Jayapura service lost hydraulic pressure en route. After a normal approach to Sentani, the aircraft drifted left at about 60 knots, left the runway and stopped in a ravine. All 28 occupants escaped uninjured, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.