McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crash, Nov 30, 2004 (25 killed)
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 accident on November 30, 2004 near Surakarta-Adisumarmo, Central Java, Indonesia with 25 fatalities. Cause: Hydroplaning on a...
- Date: November 30, 2004
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- Location: Surakarta-Adisumarmo, Central Java, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 25
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Hydroplaning on a wet runway reduced braking, aggravated by a tailwind, airbrake and power lever mispositioning after touchdown, and the crew not initiating a go-around.
A Lion Air MD-82 landing at Surakarta in heavy rain with a 13 knot tailwind aquaplaned on the water covered runway and overran the end. It lost its undercarriage and came to rest in a cemetery after striking an ILS antenna and a fence. Twenty-five people, including both pilots, were killed.