Sukhoi SJ100 RP97004

Summary

On 9 May 2012 at about 07:50 local time, a Sukhoi SJ100 registered RP97004, operated by Sukhoi, was involved in an accident near Mt. Salak, Indonesia. 44 people were on board and 44 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 May 2012 at 07:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Mt. Salak, Indonesia

Nearest airport

Jakarta Halim (WIHH)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Sukhoi SJ100

Registration

RP97004

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Sukhoi

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jakarta → Jakarta

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA12WA071

44 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On May 9, 2012, at 1450 local time, a Sukhoi SJ100-95, Russian registration RP97004, collided with terrain about 35 miles south of Jakarta, Indonesia. The airplane was on a demonstration flight. The 40 passengers and 4 crew were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. This investigation is being conducted by the National Transportation Safety Committee of Indonesia (NTSC/KNKT). As the state of design and manufacture of the the ACSS/L3 Terrain Warning and Traffic Collision Avoidance System (T2CAS), the NTSB appointed a U.S. accredited representative upon being invited to do so by the NTSC. All inquiries should be directed to the NTSC at: National Transportation Safety Committee Ministry of Transportation Building 3rd Floor Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 5 Jakarta 10110 Indonesia www.knkt.go.id

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.