INDONESIAN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE-YEAR 1988
| No | Date | Year | Location | Type | Reg | Operator | Crew | PAX | Injured | Fatal/ missing | A/I | POA | PCOA | Remarks |
| 1 | 7-Jan | 1988 | Pabelokan island, West Java | BO105 | PK-PIW | Pelita Air Services | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | A | LDG | H | On landing, the main rotor struck another helicopter's skid. |
| 2 | 7-Jan | 1988 | Pabelokan island, West Java | Bell 205 | PK-BDE | Derazona | 1 | A | LDG | H | On landing, the skid struck another helicopter's main rotor. | |||
| 3 | 13-Jan | 1988 | Long Bawang, East Kalimantan | Cessna 185 | PK-MCS | MAF | 1 | 4 | 1 | A | CLM | T | An explosion occured during climbing; the propeller blade broke out and the engine was on fire. The a/c landed on the forest and burned. | |
| 4 | 23-Jan | 1988 | Kediri, East Java | BO105 | PK-FGG | Gudang Garam | 1 | A | TO | H | The helicopter turned when the altitude was still too low and the blade struck the ground. | |||
| 5 | 1-Feb | 1988 | Gorontalo | HS 748 | PK-HIS | Bouraq Airlines | 5 | 28 | I | LDG | T | The nose wheel tire blown out and then nose hit the ground. | ||
| 6 | 9-Mar | 1988 | Datah Bilang, Kaltim | Bell 204B | PK-AOU | Airfast | I | CRS | T | After flying for 10 minutes from Datah Bilang to Balikpapan, an engine malfunction occured and the a/c was forced to land. | ||||
| 7 | 11-Mar | 1988 | Nabire, Irian Jaya | DHC 6 | PK-NUZ | Merpati Nusantara | 1 | 5 | I | LDG | T/H | On landing, the nose wheel touched the ground first and the wheel tire was blown. | ||
| 8 | Mar | 1988 | Jagorawi freeway, Jakarta | Cessna 172 | PK-OBY | Airfast | 1 | 1 | I | CRS | T | The a/c departed from Halim at 01:04 UTC to Pondok Cabe. Above the freeway it experienced engine trouble and performed an emergency landing. | ||
| 9 | 6-Apr | 1988 | Sepinggan, Balikpapan | Fokker F27 | PK-GRK | Garuda Indonesia | 3 | 58 | I | TX | H/W | When taxiing out of the apron with low visibility due to heavy rain, the a/c's wing tip hit the roof of the Sepinggan airport terminal. | ||
| 10 | 13-Apr | 1988 | Bandanaire, Maluku | CASA C212 | PK-NCQ | Merpati Nusantara | 3 | I | LDG | H/T | The a/c was on a flight from Ambon to Bandanaire. On landing, the a/c hit the ground outside the airstrip and broke the RH landing gear. | |||
| 11 | 13-Apr | 1988 | Branti, Lampung | Fokker F28 | PK-GFR | Garuda Indonesia | 3 | 10 | I | LDG | T | The a/c skid on landing roll, and went outside the runway. The brake and anti-skid were ineffective. | ||
| 12 | 24-Apr | 1988 | Terpanggi Besar, Lampung | G 164 B | PK-FBA | Berdikari | 1 | I | ENR | H/W | Bad weather in the destination (Gunung Madu Plantation). The a/c made an emergency landing on highway and skid. | |||
| 13 | 28-Apr | 1988 | Polonia, Medan | Airbus A300-B4 | PK-GAE | Garuda Indonesia | 105 | I | LDG | T | During landing, the wheel horizontal beam/steer up broke. | |||
| 14 | 29-Apr | 1988 | Simpang Tiga, Pekanbaru | Fokker F27 | PK-JFK | Sempati | 5 | 22 | I | LDG | T | On the landing preparation, the pilot saw an indication that the nose landing gear was unlocked. The pilot tried to deploy the landing gear but failed and had to land due to limited fuel. | ||
| 15 | 24-May | 1988 | Polonia, Medan | Airbus A300-B4 | PK-GAF | Garuda Indonesia | I | TX | T | When turning on runway 23 (preparing for take off) the a/c experienced right tire blown out and plate gearing broken. | ||||
| 16 | 6-Jun | 1988 | Iskandar, Pangkalan Bun | CN 235 | PK-MND | Merpati Nusantara | I | LDG | T | After landing roll for about 859 m, the a/c tilted to the right. Front leg assembly was found broken. | ||||
| 17 | 6-Jun | 1988 | Sam Ratulangi, Manado | Vickers Viscount VC-8 | PK-IVZ | Bouraq Airlines | 6 | 61 | I | TX | T/H | When taxiing out, the nose wheel turned 30 degrees to the left, the hydraulic pressure indicated 0 and the a/c could not be controlled and hit another a/c (C-212 PK-NCN Merpati). | ||
| 18 | 7-Jun | 1988 | Muara Kampar | BO105 | PK-PIP | Pelita Air Services | I | APP | H | Main rotor blade struck pipe and was severely damaged. | ||||
| 19 | 16-Jun | 1988 | Soekarno - Hatta, Jakarta | Vickers Viscount VC-8 | PK-RVU | Mandala | 5 | 45 | I | LDG | T | On the flight from Semarang, there was an indication that the landing gear was unable to be deployed and locked. The a/c overrun the runway on landing. | ||
| 20 | 17-Jun | 1988 | Gurun Panjang, 101'27''E 01'33''N | Bell 212 | PK-HCJ | Bristow | I | ENR | T/H | On the flight from Bukit Batu, the a/c suddenly experienced uncontrollable right yaw and pitch down and hit a tree. | ||||
| 21 | 18-Jun | 1988 | Polonia, Medan | Vickers Viscount VC-828 | PK-MVG | Merpati Nusantara | 1 | 4 | 3 | I | LDG | T | The a/c was on flight from Jakarta. Approaching runway 05, the hydraulic pressure was indicated 0. Landing roll was too much to the right and off R/W 22. | |
| 22 | 1-Jul | 1988 | Penggung, Medan | SC-7 | PK-MME | Gatari | I | LDG | T/H | When landing, the left tire blown out and the brake failed. The a/c was found 210 m from the runway 22 and 3 m to the right. | ||||
| 23 | 4-Jul | 1988 | Sepinggan, Balikpapan | Vickers Viscount VC-843 | PK-IVW | Bouraq Airlines | 5 | 71 | I | LDG | E/H | The a/c landed on runway 07. The nose and the R/H landing gear broke. The a/c strayed off to the right of the runway. Landing tail wind and runway slippery are the cause of the incident. | ||
| 24 | 6-Jul | 1988 | Frans Kaisiepo, Biak | DHC 6 | PK-NUH | Merpati Nusantara | 2 | 18 | I | TX | H | The a/c taxied to the west parking lot and hit the apron light. The left wing tip is damaged | ||
| 25 | 6-Jul | 1988 | Polusari mountain, Pandeglang | Piper Dakota | PK-ADE | PLP Curug | 2 | 2 | A | ENR | H/W | On training flight, the a/c hit a mountain. Visibility was very low due to cloudy weather. | ||
| 26 | 3-Aug | 1988 | Polonia, Medan | Airbus A300-B4 | PK-GAE | Garuda Indonesia | I | LDG | T | The main landing tire on the left blown out when the a/c touched the runway. | ||||
| 27 | 13-Aug | 1988 | Satar Tacik, Ruteng | HS 748 | PK-NHR | Merpati Nusantara | 5 | 23 | I | LDG | H/E | Due to some cows that block near the R/W the pilot approached too high and experienced hard landing. The R/H main wheel blown out and the inside wheel cap broken. | ||
| 28 | 16-Aug | 1988 | Polonia, Medan | Fokker F28 | PK-PJU | Pelita Air Services | 4 | 66 | I | LDG | H/E | The pilot found abnormality on flaps. Decided to hold until the fuel was out. Successfully landed without flaps. | ||
| 29 | 19-Aug | 1988 | Timepa | Cessna 185 | PK-RCJ | AMA | 1 | A | ENR | H/W | Hit the mountain (8500 feet altitude) in the flight from Nabire to Timepa. | |||
| 30 | 24-Aug | 1988 | Sanana, North Maluku | CASA C212 | PK-NCY | Merpati Nusantara | 3 | 14 | I | LDG | E/H | When landing roll on runway 30, the a/c hit runway repair causing the nose landing gear to break. | ||
| 31 | 13-Aug | 1988 | Supadio, Pontianak | DC 3 | PK-VIM | Dirgantara Air Services | 2 | I | LDG | T/H | The a/c experience hydraulic failure and ineffective brake when landing roll on R/W 15. The pilot tried to do a ground loop, but went off to the left side of the runway. | |||
| 32 | 8-Sep | 1988 | Narso Kecil village, Muara Siau subdistrict | Bell 206B | PK-DBG | Derazona | I | ENR | T | Emergency landing on flight from Maderas to Muara Talag. The fuel pipe on the nacelle pressure line was leaking and caused the fire on the a/c. | ||||
| 33 | 5-Oct | 1988 | Syamsuddin Noor, Banjarmasin | Fokker F28 | PK-GKP | Garuda Indonesia | 5 | 34 | I | LDG | T | Nose wheel broke when the pilot tried to turn right after landing. | ||
| 34 | 9-Oct | 1988 | Dong Muang, Bangkok | Boeing B747-200 | PK-GSA | Garuda Indonesia | 17 | 292 | 4 | I | TX | H/T | After landing and taxiing to areobridge, the a/c experienced brake system failure and hit the terminal. | |
| 35 | 23-Dec | 1988 | Lapter Komopa, Painai Regency, Irian | Cessna 185 | PK-RCD | AMA | 1 | I | LDG | H/E | On landing, the a/c experienced tail wind (10 kts), bounced, overrun and went into the ditch. |