Batavia - Bandung

On October 13, 1941 at 03:00 PM, Batavia - Bandung experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force - ML-KNIL, with the event recorded near Jakarta City District of Jakarta.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 240.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 7.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Five minutes after take off from the Batavia-Kemayoran Airport, while climbing, an engine failed. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing but the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed on a house in the suburb of the capital city. All five occupants in the aircraft were killed as well as seven people in the house. The Lt Gen Berenschot was returning to his headquarter in Bandung following an international conference in Batavia with Gen Popham of the British Empire Army Forces. Crew: Johan Christiaan Frederik Knapp, pilot, Cpt Watkins, pilot, Franciscus van Kampen, Eelco Heinrich Felix de Haan. Passenger: Lt Gen Gerardus Johannes Berenschot.

Aircraft reference details include registration LT910, MSN 2105, year of manufacture 1941.