Fokker F28 Fellowship - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

An "Incident" is defined by the United States NTSB as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft that affects or that could affect the safety of operations.

An "Accident" is defined by the United States NTSB as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft where there is serious personal bodily injury or death, and damage to the aircraft and/or property.

The following is a list of Fokker F28 accidents and incidents:

• Braathens Flight 239 - December 23, 1972, (Asker, suburb of Oslo, Norway): 40 fatalities. First fatal crash with a Fokker Fellowship.
• Turkish Airlines - January 26, 1974, (Izmir, Turkey): 66 fatalities. the aircraft crashed down 100m away from the airfield during takeoff.
• Turkish Airlines - January 30, 1975, (Marmara sea,near to Istanbul, Turkey): 41 fatalities. Crashed into the Sea of Marmara while attempting to land.
• Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 150- 24 September 1975 near Palembang, Indonesia ): 26 fatalities. Crashed on approach in fog killing 25 people out of 61 passengers and crew. 1 person was killed on the ground.
• Garuda Indonesia Airways- July 11, 1979. 61 fatalities. Crashed into Mount Sibayak while on approach to Polonia International Airport. There was bad weather at the time of the crash.
• Turkish Airlines - December 23, 1979, (Ankara, Turkey): 39 fatalities. Because of turbulence.
• NLM CityHopper Flight 431 - October 6, 1981 (Moerdijk, North Brabant, Netherlands): 17 fatalities, the aircraft flew into a tornado which broke off one of the wings which led to a mid-air break up.
• Garuda Indonesia Domestic Flight - March 20, 1982, runway overrun at Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport in bad weather, 27 fatalities.
• Air Ontario Flight 1363 - March 10, 1989 (Dryden, Ontario, Canada): 24 fatalities. Due to various factors including snow, ice and lack of use of anti-icing measures.
• USAir Flight 405 - March 22, 1992 (Queens, New York, United States): 27 fatalities. Due to ice buildup on the wings, pilot error and improper deicing procedures at LaGuardia airport
• Iran Asseman Airlines Flight 746 - October 12, 1994 ( near Natanz, Iran ): 66 fatalities.
• Air Mauritanie - July 1, 1994: All 4 crew and 76 of the 89 passengers on board were killed when their plane crashed at Tidjikja Airport.
• Biman Bangladesh Flight 609 - December 22, 1997 (Sylhet, Bangladesh): No fatalities, CFIT onto a rice field approx 1 mile from runway.
• TANS Peru Flight 222 - January 9, 2003: None of the 46 passengers aboard the Fokker F-28 survived after the aircraft hit a mountain near Chachapoyas, Peru
• Biman Bangladesh parked at Shahjalal International Airport - April 22, 2003 Aviation-Safety.net report
• Biman Bangladesh Flight 601 - October 8, 2004 (Sylhet, Bangladesh): No fatalities, overran runway on landing. Pictures at AirDisaster.com - Aviation-Safety.net report
• Icaro Air Flight 504 crashed during take off at Quito's Mariscal Sucre Airport No deaths, or injuries occurred.

According to, the Fokker F28 has an average fatal accident rate of 1.67 per million flights which notably is one of the highest of all commercial jet aircraft. It should be noted however that these statistics are not corrected for pilot error, such as Controlled flight into terrain and other common causes for accidents of that era.

The average fatal accident range of the Fokker Fellowship is surpassed by the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 types. (This statistic excludes the following types which are no longer in commercial service and which may have had relatively good or bad safety statistics: 1. de Havilland Comet 2. Convair CV880/990 3. Sud Aviation Caravelle 4. Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 5. Dassault Aviation Mercure 6. Hawker Siddeley Trident 7. Vickers VC-10. Of the above seven models, the Dassault Mercure had an impressive safety history with zero (0) accidents in 440,000 flights/360,000 flight hours carrying 44,000,000 passengers, while the de Havilland Comet was initially one of the most dangerous aircraft in the sky.)

A more complete list of accidents and incidents can be found at the following websites: Also see: Aviation accidents and incidents