Kupang - Kupang

On January 26, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Kupang - Kupang experienced a crash involving Grumman G-21A Goose, operated by KNILM - Koninklijke Nederlandse Indies Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Kupang East Nusa Tenggara.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew left Kupang-Penfui Airport in the day to proceed to an aerial surveillance of the region of Kupang to inspect the evacuation of the civilians because of the impending Japanese invasion. En route, the seaplane was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and crashed in a field, killing all five crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-AFS, MSN 1081, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -10.1735°, 123.6009°.