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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Accident: Lionair B738 at Denpasar on Apr 13th 2013, landed short of runway and came to stop in sea

A Lionair Boeing 737-800, registration PK-LKS performing flight JT-904 from Bandung to Denpasar (Indonesia) with 101 passengers and 7 crew, was on approach to Denpasar's runway 09 at about 15:10L (07:10Z), but came to a stop in the sea short of the runway, the aircraft broke up in two parts. All occupants were evacuated from the aircraft and have been taken to hospitals with minor injuries (scratches).

The airline confirmed flight JT-904 went into the sea while landing at Denpasar Airport. The aircraft PK-LKS originated in Banjarmasin and was scheduled to fly to Bandung (JT-945), Denpasar (JT-904) and back to Bandung (JT-905). The aircraft carried 101 passengers and 7 crew. The aircraft was directly received from Boeing on Mar 28th 2013 and was in operation for just about two weeks, it is a different one to the former PK-LKS/9M-LNB. The captain on the accident flight was highly experienced with more than 10,000 hours of flying experience, he was and is in good health condition.

Radar data confirm the aircraft was approaching runway 09 and suggest the aircraft was about 100 feet below a 3 degrees glidepath descending at 700 feet per minute at a speed between 126 and 135 knots over ground, descending through 200 feet MSL about 1nm short of the touch down zone and 0.6nm short of the sea wall.

Indonesia's Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft came down short of the runway and landed in the water.

Indonesia's NTSC have opened an investigation.

Metars:
WADD 130830Z 10008KT 9999 SCT017 29/25 Q1007 NOSIG
WADD 130800Z 10009KT 9999 FEW017CB SCT017 30/26 Q1007 NOSIG
WADD 130730Z 15006KT 110V270 9999 FEW017CB SCT017 30/25 Q1007 NOSIG
WADD 130700Z 09006KT 9999 BKN017 30/26 Q1007 NOSIG
WADD 130630Z 16003KT 090V190 9999 BKN017 30/25 Q1007 NOSIG
WADD 130600Z 18007KT 9999 BKN016 30/25 Q1007 NOSIG
WADD 130530Z 18008KT 9999 SCT015 FEW016CB 30/26 Q1008 NOSIG
WADD 130500Z 19005KT 150V210 9999 BKN015 30/25 Q1008 NOSIG



Police photo (Photo: AFP/Indonesian Police):
Police photo (Photo: AFP/Indonesian Police)

Airtraffic resumed (Photo: AFP/Karna Surya Putra):
Airtraffic resumed (Photo: AFP/Karna Surya Putra)

PK-LKS in the sea:
PK-LKS in the sea

Radar track of PK-LKS, transponder altitude readings 171 feet higher than actual altitude (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):
Radar track of PK-LKS, standard altimeter readings 171 feet higher than real (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth)

Map (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):
Map (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth)


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