Ujung Pandang - Lombok

On January 25, 1990 at 12:00 AM, Ujung Pandang - Lombok experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Airfast Indonesia, with the event recorded near Mt Rinjani West Nusa Tenggara.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

19 people were known to be on board, 19 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Ujung Pandang (Makassar), the crew started the descent to Lombok Airport when he encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls. The captain was cleared by ATC to divert to Mataram-Selaparang Airport when, in limited visibility, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Rinjani located on north part of the island. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 19 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-OBW, MSN 1567, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -8.4261°, 116.4768°.