Boeing 737-300 crash, Sep 13, 2016, Wamena
Boeing 737-300 accident on September 13, 2016 near Wamena, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: KNKT (per third party summary...
- Date: September 13, 2016
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: Wamena, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: KNKT (per third party summary of the 2020 final report): an unstabilised approach continued below weather minima, with the captain disregarding a suggested go around, resulting in a hard landing and lateral runway excursion.
A Trigana Air Service Boeing 737 300 freighter flew cargo flight TGN7321 from Sentani Jayapura to Wamena and held for about 10 minutes in low cloud and 3 km visibility. The pilot continued the approach without visual reference to the runway, touched down about 125 metres past the threshold with 3.25 g, and the main gear collapsed. The aircraft veered right and stopped about 1,890 metres down runway 15, and all three crew evacuated without injury; the KNKT final report published in July 2020 found an unstabilised approach and runway excursion.