40 Years ago today: On 26 August 1980 a Bouraq Vickers Viscount crashed near Jakarta following separation of the tailplane, killing all 37 on board.
| Date: | Tuesday 26 August 1980 |
| Time: | 06:29 |
| Type: | Vickers 812 Viscount |
| Operating for: | Bouraq Indonesia Airlines |
| Leased from: | Far Eastern Air Transport – FEAT |
| Registration: | PK-IVS |
| C/n / msn: | 353 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20659 |
| Cycles: | 17947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 26 km (16.3 mls) NE of Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT) ( |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Banjarmasin-Sjamsudin Noor Airport (BDJ/WAOO), Indonesia |
| Destination airport: | Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport (JKT), Indonesia |
Narrative:
The Bouraq Viscount was operating on a flight from Banjarmasin to Jakarta. At 06:04 the crew issued a Mayday call, stating shuddering of the airplane. Air traffic control vectored a Fokker F-28 to intercept the plane. At 06:28 the F-28 crew noticed problems with the right elevator and stated that the plane was falling to the left. After separation of the right elevator the Viscount crew lost control. It impacted the ground inverted, about 25° nose down relative to the ground and with its port wing low.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: The cause of this accident was the in-flight fracture of the spigot in the elevator tab circuit. This part had exceeded the 12 000 flight hours retirement life by 21 000 hrs resulting in a life of 33.000 hrs.
