Garuda 737-400 double flameout crash landing details

[Centaurus]

About six years ago a Garuda B737-400 encountered a thunderstorm and experienced a double engine failure. The aircraft crash landed in a river bed with very few casualties. Can anyone advise details of the accident, date, registration and where I can find the final report. I understand the NTSB produced a report but I have been quite unable to find anything except a very brief summary above.

[READY MESSAGE]

Garuda had an accident as you described but it wasn't 6 years ago. It was Jan 16 2002, GA421 - B737 (400?) flying in very heavy rain and it ended up in the river somewhere between Solo City & Yogyakarta. According to local press at the time, one member of cabin crew died as she was swept away during the evacuation.

Hope it helps, you might find more info through the Jakarta Post or maybe some air disaster type websites

[Golf Charlie Charlie]

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020116-0

[Centaurus]

Thanks very much for the info and links.

[petitfromage]

Photo here: http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/ga421/photo.shtml

Pprune thread: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=803&pp=15

NTSB Report: www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2005/A05_19_20.pdf

[Drag Brace]

Apparently it hit a submerged rock at high speed just below where the flight attendent was sitting.

[TheShadow]

http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/


http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/

Doesn't seem to be a report there for PK-GWA (ditched in Solo River 16 Jan 02). I have seen the PK-GWA Indonesian Report in English - but can't seem to locate it right now.

Lots of others rarely seen however.

[TheShadow]

Garuda PK-GWA Flight GA421 Accident Update (28/06/02)
.
FDR and CVR readouts had been conducted at the Air Accident Investigation
Branch, UK. The readouts are being synchronized at the moment, and the most
important fact confirmed by the FDR readout is that both the engines did lose
power while the aircraft was passing 18,500 ft. Other tests and researches that
have been conducted in the UK and US are EIS analysis, APU tests, battery tests,
and engine tear down.
A Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin has been issued by the US Federal
Aviation Administration on May 23, 2002. The SAIB No. NE-02-28 background was
the GA421 accident, and its recommendations include avoidence of severe weather
whenever possible, flight crew's familiarization with weather restrictions and
emergency in-flight restart procedures. It also states that flight in moderate to
heavy rain, hail, sleet and turbulence could adversely effect engine operation, especially at lower engine power levels.
http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_home/ntsc_news.htm