Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Mar 26, 2001 (3 killed), Sur...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on March 26, 2001 near Surabaya-Juanda, East Java, Indonesia with 3 fatalities. Cause: Under investigation.
- Date: March 26, 2001
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Surabaya-Juanda, East Java, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Under investigation
A Merpati Nusantara Fokker F27 was flying a local training flight at Surabaya-Juanda with touch-and-go landings. On the eighth approach, at about 500 ft, it rolled left, stalled and crashed into a pond about 3 km short of the runway, where it burned. The three pilots on board, two of them captains converting from the CN-235, were killed.