Aviation accidents in Indonesia

The NTSB database holds 124 accidents and incidents in Indonesia, recorded between 1997 to 2026. 37 of them were fatal (30%), and 919 people died.

The deadliest year was 2018, with 191 deaths.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Boeing B737 and Bell 412.

97 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

124

Records

Fatal

919

Deaths

30%

Share fatal

1997 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 27 of 124 have coordinates

By decade

1990s 4

2000s 32

2010s 59

2020s 29

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 737 56 Boeing B737 5 Bell 412 4 Cessna 208 4 Bell 206 3 Boeing MD-82 3

Operators involved

Lion Air 12 Garuda Indonesia 5 Trigana Air Service 4 Adam Air 3 Sriwijaya Air 3 Mandala Airlines 2

All 124 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Mar 2009	McDonnell Douglas MD-90 PK-LIL	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Feb 2009	Boeing 737 PK-YTX	South Jakarta, Indonesia	Batavia Air	No injuries	-
23 Feb 2009	McDonnell Douglas MD90 PK-LIO	Batam, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Air	No injuries	-
28 Oct 2008	Boeing 737 PK-GZI	Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia no coordinates	Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Unknown	-
23 Jul 2008	Boeing 737 PK-GZN	Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia no coordinates	Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Unknown	-
10 Mar 2008	Boeing 737-400	Batam, Indonesia no coordinates	Adam Air	Unknown	-
12 Feb 2008	Bell 206L1 P2-IHI	Foasi, PNG, Indonesia no coordinates	Islands Nationair	Serious injuries	-
21 Nov 2007	Boeing B737-400 PK-YPT	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Batavia Airlines	No injuries	-
21 Feb 2007	Boeing PKKKV	Surabaya, Indonesia no coordinates	Adam Airlines	No injuries	-
28 Dec 2006	Boeing 737-400 PK-KKC	Medan, Indonesia no coordinates	Adam Air	No injuries	-
24 Dec 2006	Boeing B737-400 PK-LIJ	Makassar, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Air	No injuries	-
5 May 2006	Boeing B737-200 PK-YTQ	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Batavia Airlines	Minor injuries	-
4 Mar 2006	Boeing MD-82 PKLMW	Surabaya, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Mentari Air	No injuries	-
18 Jan 2006	Boeing MD-82 PK-LMJ	Makassar, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Air	No injuries	-
19 Aug 2005	Boeing MD-82 PK-LMR	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Air	No injuries	-
31 May 2005	Boeing 737-400 PK-KKG	Jakarta, Indonesia	Adam Air	Unknown	-
29 Mar 2005	Bell UH-1F N4040P	Banda Ache, Indonesia no coordinates	Tamarack Air Services, LLC	No injuries	-
11 Feb 2005	Boeing 737-200 PK-RIJ	Achmad Yani, Indonesia no coordinates	Mandala Airlines	Unknown	-
2 Feb 2005	McDonnell Douglas MD-82 PK-LMJ	Makassar, Indonesia	Lion Air	No injuries	-
27 May 2004	Cessna A185F PK-YME	Pontianak, Indonesia no coordinates	Catholic Missionary Organization	Minor injuries	-
14 Jan 2002	Boeing 737-200 PK-LID	Pekanbaru, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Airlines	Minor injuries	-
23 Nov 2001	Boeing 747-200	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Garuda Indonesia	Unknown	-
5 Sep 2000	Boeing B-747-300 JA817	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Unknown	-
27 Nov 1998	Airbus A300-600	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Korean Airlines	Unknown	-