Lion Air Flight 904

Lion Air Flight 904

Lion Airlines Boeing 737-800 similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident summary
Date 13 April 2013
Summary Landed short of runway in the water
Site Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
8°44′57″S 115°8′29″E / 8.74917°S 115.14139°ECoordinates: 8°44′57″S 115°8′29″E / 8.74917°S 115.14139°E
Passengers 101
Crew 7
Injuries (non-fatal) 46 (including 4 serious)
Fatalities 0
Survivors 108 (all)
Aircraft type Boeing 737-800
Operator Lion Air
Registration PK-LKS
Flight origin Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Bandung, Indonesia
Destination Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, Indonesia

Lion Air Flight 904 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which crashed on final approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, Indonesia on 13 April 2013. All 101 passengers and 7 crew on board survived the accident.[1] The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-800, registration PK-LKS, operated by Lion Air between Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung, Indonesia and Denpasar. At 15:10 local time (07:10 UTC), the aircraft crashed approximately 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) short of the seawall protecting the threshold of Runway 09. The aircraft's fuselage broke into two[1] and 46 people were injured, 4 of them seriously. The airport was closed for around ninety minutes while emergency services attended the scene.[2]

At the time of the accident, Lion Air had 16 other Boeing 737-800 in the fleet.

Aircraft

The Boeing 737-8GP, registration PK-LKS, was officially owned by Avolon Aerospace. The aircraft was received new from Boeing by the Lion Air subsidiary Malindo Air on 21 February 2013. It was then transferred to parent Lion Air on 20 March 2013. The aircraft had been in service for less than six weeks with Lion Air before the accident.[3]

Investigation

The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) published a preliminary report on 15 May 2013. Flight data showed that the aircraft continued to descend below the Minimum descent altitude (MDA), which is 465 feet (142 m) AGL. The report found that at 900 feet (270 m) AGL, the first officer reported that the runway was not in sight. At approximately 150 feet (46 m) AGL, the pilot again stated he could not see the runway. Flight data showed that the pilots attempted to perform a go-around at approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) AGL, but contacted the water surface moments later. There has been no indication that the aircraft suffered any mechanical malfunction.[4] A final report was published during 2014.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hradecky, Simon (1 May 2013). "Accident: Lionair B738 at Denpasar on Apr 13th 2013, landed short of runway and came to stop in sea". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Arif Haryanto. "Kronologi Insiden Lion Air LNI 904 PK-LKS di Bandara Ngurah Rai (Chronology of Incident involving Lion Air LNI 904 PK-LKS at Ngurah Rai Airport)" (in Indonesian). Angkasa Pura Airports. Retrieved 16 April 2013.http://web.archive.org/web/20140201163416/http://www.bumn.go.id/angkasapura1/publikasi/berita/kronologi-insiden-lion-air-lni-904-pk-lks-di-bandara-ngurah-rai/
  3. ↑ "PK-LKS Lion Airlines Boeing 737-8GP(WL) – cn 38728 / ln 4350". Planespotters.net. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Preliminary Report No. KNKT.13.04.09.04". National Transport Safety Committee. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ↑ NTSC. "Final Report No. KNKT.13.04.09.04, PT.Lion Mentari Airlines (Lion Air) Boeing 737 - 800;PK-LKS Ngurh Rai International Airport, Bali Republic of Indonesia 13 April 2013". NTSC. Retrieved 21 November 2014.