ATR72-500 crash, Aug 3, 2017, Medan-Kualanamu-Deli Serdang
ATR72-500 accident on August 3, 2017 near Medan-Kualanamu-Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: KNKT: The ATR crew entered...
- Date: August 3, 2017
- Aircraft: ATR72-500
- Location: Medan-Kualanamu-Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: KNKT: The ATR crew entered the runway on an incomplete readback of a conditional clearance that ATC did not challenge, and the runway was not closed promptly after the collision.
An ATR 72 taxiing for departure from Medan entered runway 23 at Kualanamu and was struck by a Lion Air Boeing 737 900ER landing on the same runway. Both aircraft were substantially damaged but nobody was injured. The KNKT found that the ATR crew entered the runway on an incomplete readback of a conditional clearance that controllers did not challenge.