Bandung – Tasikmalaya

On November 26, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Bandung – Tasikmalaya experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Indonesian Air Force - TNI-AU Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Udara, with the event recorded near Mt Galunggung West Java.

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

27 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 12 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 55.6%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 24, passenger fatalities: 12, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was performing a short flight from Bandung to Tasikmalaya, West Java. While starting the descent to Tasikmalaya, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Galunggung (2,240 meters high) located about 18 km northwest of Tasikmalaya. Twelve passengers and all three crew members were killed while 12 other passengers were injured, some of them seriously. It was confirmed by the Indonesian Air Force that one of the pilot was the famous Indonesian aviation Pioneer Captain Anumerta Muhammad Syamsudin Noor. In his honor, the airport of Banjarmasin will be renamed in 1970.

Aircraft reference details include registration T-446, MSN 15944/32692, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.9290°, 107.6249°.