Tarakan – Balikpapan – Martapura

On July 4, 1988 at 12:00 AM, Tarakan – Balikpapan – Martapura experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, with the event recorded near Balikpapan East Kalimantan.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

76 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 76 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 71, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport was completed with a tailwind and on final, the four engine aircraft was unstable. The aircraft landed hard on runway 07, causing the nose gear and the right main gear to collapse. The aircraft slid on its belly for few hundred meters before coming to rest on the runway. All 76 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-IVW, MSN 452, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.2719°, 116.8062°.