Garuda Indonesia Flight 035

Garuda Indonesia Flight 035
	A Garuda Indonesia McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 similar to the one involved.
Accident
Date	4 April 1987
Summary	Crashed on approach in bad weather
Site	Medan Airport, Indonesia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-9-32
Operator	Garuda Indonesia
Registration	PK-GNQ
Flight origin	Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Banda Aceh Indonesia
Destination	Polonia Airport, Medan Indonesia
Passengers	37
Crew	8
Fatalities	23
Injuries	22
Survivors	22

Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 was a domestic Garuda Indonesia flight that struck a pylon and crashed on approach to Medan-Polonia Airport on 4 April 1987.[1] 23 of the 45 passengers and crew on board were killed in the accident.

Accident

The aircraft was on an Instrument Landing System approach to Medan Airport in a thunderstorm.[2] The aircraft struck electrical power lines and crashed short of the runway. The aircraft broke up and the tail section separated and fire broke out.[3]

Most of the survivors escaped through breaks in the fuselage and 11 were flung free of the aircraft.[3] Four of the eight crew died and 19 passengers suffered fatal injuries due to smoke inhalation and burns.[3] Four crew and 18 passengers suffered serious injuries.[3] All of the fatalities were a result of the fire and not due to the impact with the ground.[3]

Aircraft

The flight was carried out by a 1976-built Douglas DC-9-32 registered PK-GNQ. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[4]

References

UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary
"Garuda loses DC-9". Flight International: 2. 11 April 1987.
"CAA Paper 2002/04 A benefit analysis for Cabin water spray systems and enhanced fuselage burnthrough protection" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. 7 April 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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[caa429-1] UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary

[Flight-2] "Garuda loses DC-9". Flight International: 2. 11 April 1987.

[caa2002-3] "CAA Paper 2002/04 A benefit analysis for Cabin water spray systems and enhanced fuselage burnthrough protection" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. 7 April 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[ASN-4] Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

Garuda Indonesia
Current subsidiaries	Aerowisata Citilink GMF AeroAsia
Former names	Indonesian Airways Garuda Indonesian Airways
Fleet	Airbus A330-200 Airbus A330-300 Boeing 737-500 Boeing 737-800 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 777-300ER Bombardier CRJ1000 ATR 72-600
Hubs	Juanda International Airport Kualanamu International Airport Ngurah Rai International Airport Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport
Incidents and accidents	GA 708 GA 150 GA 206 GA 035 GA 865 GA 152 GA 421 GA 200
Destinations

Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia
1950s- 1980s	KLM Flight 844 (July 1957) Garuda Indonesia Flight 708 (February 1967) 1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash (November 1971) Pan Am Flight 812 (April 1974) Garuda Indonesia Flight 150 (September 1975) 1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash (July 1979) Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 (March 1981) British Airways Flight 9 (June 1982) Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 (April 1987)
1990s	Mandala Airlines Flight 660 (July 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601 (October 1992) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (July 1993) Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 (December 1996) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 (April 1997) Sempati Air Flight 304 (July 1997) Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (September 1997) SilkAir Flight 185 (December 1997)
2000s	Dirgantara Air Service Flight 3130 (November 2000) Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 (January 2002) Lion Air Flight 583 (November 2004) Mandala Airlines Flight 91 (September 2005) Adam Air Flight 574 (January 2007) Adam Air Flight 172 (February 2007) Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (March 2007) Mimika Air Flight 514 (April 2009) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760 (August 2009)
2010s	Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 836 (April 2010) Qantas Flight 32 (November 2010) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 (May 2011) Nusantara Buana Air Flight 823 (September 2011) Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash (May 2012) Lion Air Flight 904 (April 2013) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517 (June 2013) Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (December 2014) Trigana Air Flight 267 (August 2015) Aviastar Flight 7503 (October 2015) Batik Air Flight 7703 (April 2016) Lion Air Flight 610 (October 2018)
2020s	Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 (January 2021)