Trigana ATR Suffers Dual Engine Failure

[CL-Skadoo!]

One fails, so they divert, the second went during the diversion. Put it down in a rice field, everyone is safe.

Fuel starvation anyone?

Trigana Air Service, ATR-42-300
Status: Preliminary

Date:
11 FEB 2010
Time: 11:50
Type: ATR-42-300
Operator: Trigana Air Service
Registration: PK-YRP
C/n / msn: 050
First flight: 1987-05-22 (22 years 9 months)
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51
Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56
Airplane damage: Minor
Location: 33 km (20.6 mls) NE of Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport (BPN) (Indonesia)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Tanjung Redep/Berau-Kalimaru Airport (BEJ/WALK), Indonesia
Destination airport: Samarinda Airport (SRI/WALS), Indonesia
Flightnumber: 162

Narrative:
An ATR-42-300 turboprop plane, registered PK-YRP, was damaged in a forced landing in a rice field near Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport (BPN), Indonesia.
The domestic passenger flight from Tanjung Redep/Berau-Kalimaru Airport (BEJ) was approaching Samarinda (SRI) when the nr.1 engine failed. Samrinda air traffic control advised against an emergency landing there because the airport is situated in a residential area. Also, the runway length is just 1160 m (3800 ft) of the lentgh of the runway and the buildings surrounding the airport. The pilot decided to divert to Balikpapan-Sepingan Airport (BPN) which was 92 km (50 NM) to the South. En route to Balikpapan the nr.2 engine also lost power. The crew carried out a forced landing in a rice field, some five kilometers from the main road from Samarinda to Balikpapan.

[GoinNowhereFast]

Based on their decision not to land at the close by, residential strip, I am guessing it isn't fuel starvation. They probably would have preferred a short runway to a rice field.

[aviator2010]

I am guessing it isn't fuel starvation. They probably would have preferred a short runway to a rice field.

I'm going with oil or fuel starvation. wonder if they operate 72's as well as 42's MAYDAY just did a episoed on improper fuel indicators.

[North Shore]

I'm going with oil or fuel starvation. wonder if they operate 72's as well as 42's MAYDAY just did a episoed on improper fuel indicators.

Is there a difference in fuel capacity between the two?

[whiteguy]

I'm going with oil or fuel starvation. wonder if they operate 72's as well as 42's MAYDAY just did a episoed on improper fuel indicators.

Is there a difference in fuel capacity between the two?

The gauges read differently between the 42 and 72.

[Inverted2]

Id say the fuel lines were contaminated - with air. What are the odds of 2 unrelated engine failures? Couldn't be icing in the lines either, being a turboprop FL250 or below near the equator!

[rampking]

They do in fact operate both types the 42 and the 72. I wonder.....

King

[ehbuddy]

I thought a mod was done so you could not intermix the fuel quantity indicators between the 42 and 72.

[YCL Boy]

56 Occupants on a 42 , Hummmm!

[all4u]

Yep, the mod was done. Just depends on if they were using it

[HuD 91gt]

56 Occupants on a 42 , Hummmm!

ATR-42 Limitation is 60 Passengers. Nothing to Hummm about.

[YCL Boy]

Yeah ok, i realize its up to a max of 60 pax, but that is from the cockpit door to the back cabin door, no room for cargo/luggage up front right, maybe a bit in the tail and overhead bin.

Their website has a config for 50 pax, gives them about 120 Cubic feet of cargo up front, plus crew & infant maybe ???

http://www.trigana-air.com/html/module. ... et&lang=en

The pic's i saw has one prop not feathered completely, which would be normal from a forced landing procedure, probably was shut down but has not feathered yet, just a guess maybe they were unable to maintain alt on one???.

I got to say a rice field seems to be a pretty good choice.
Everybody seems to have walk away, so good job boys.

[ScudRunner]

Ive said it before and ill say it again, Twin Engine IFR just isn't Safe.

[GoinNowhereFast]

Ive said it before and ill say it again, Twin Engine IFR just isn't Safe.

I will only fly in IMC with the B-52. A340s and 747s make me nervous