This is a list of incidents involving Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia. The airline suffered 49 incidents.
Fatal accidents
17 November 1950
Douglas C-47A PK-DPB overran the runway on landing at Juanda Airport in Surabaya and crashed into a ditch, killing two of 23 on board.
24 December 1959
Flight 330, a Douglas C-47A (PK-GDV) en route to Pangkal Pinang from Palembang, crashed in a swamp near Palembang while returning to the airport following engine failure, killing one of four crew. The pilot had descended too low in poor weather; the aircraft may also have been slightly overloaded.
24 January 1961
Flight 424, a Douglas C-47A (PK-GDI), disappeared while on a Jakarta-Bandung passenger service with 21 onboard; the wreckage was found four days later on the slope of Mount Burangrang, West Java with no survivors. The cause was blamed on pilot error.
3 February 1961
Flight 542, a Douglas C-47A (PK-GDY), disappeared over the Java Sea off Madura Island on a Surabaya–Balikpapan service with 26 on board; the wreckage has never been found.
20 September 1963
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Series 1 PK-GTB crashed, killing seven.
1 January 1966
Douglas C-47As PK-GDE and PK-GDU collided in mid-air while on approach to Palembang Airport, probably due to crew errors; both aircraft crashed in a swamp, killing all 34 on board both aircraft.
16 February 1967
Flight 708, a Lockheed L-188C Electra, crashed on landing at Manado due to pilot error in bad weather, killing 22 of 92 on board.
28 May 1968
Flight 892, a Convair 990A, crashed minutes after takeoff from Bombay–Santacruz Airport in India, killing all 29 people on board. In addition, there was also one fatality on the ground.
26 September 1972
Fokker F27-600 PK-GFP banked right and crashed after climbing to following takeoff from Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta during a training flight, killing the three crew.
7 September 1974
Fokker F27-600 PK-GFJ struck buildings while on approach to Branti Airport in Bandar Lampung, killing 33 of 36 people on board.
4 December 1974
Martinair Flight 138 (PH-MBH) Leased to Garuda Indonesia for a Hajj flight crashed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing all 191 on board
24 September 1975
Flight 150, a Fokker F28-1000 (named Mahakem), crashed on approach to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport in Palembang. The accident, which was attributed to poor weather and fog, killed 25 out of 61 passengers and one person on the ground.
15 November 1978
Icelandic Airlines Flight 001 (TF-FLA) Leased to Garuda Indonesia for a Hajj flight crashed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183 out of 262 on board
6 March 1979
Flight 553, a Fokker F28-1000 (PK-GVP, named Sambas) struck Mount Bromo (near Probolinggo, East Java) while on a positioning flight from Denpasar to Surabaya, killing the four crew.
11 July 1979
Fokker F28-1000 PK-GVE Mamberamo struck Mount Sibayak on approach to Medan Airport, killing all 61 on board.
20 March 1982
Fokker F28-1000 PK-GVK overran the runway at Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport in Bandar Lampung during bad weather. The aircraft subsequently burst into flames killing all 27 people on board.
2 June 1983
Fokker F28-3000RC PK-GFV Selegan overran the runway on takeoff from Branti Airport after failing to lift off as a result of crew error, killing three of 61 onboard.
4 April 1987
Flight 035, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, hit a pylon and crashed on approach to Polonia International Airport in Medan during bad weather due to possible wind shear, killing 23 of 45 on board.
13 June 1996
Flight 865, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, overran the runway at Fukuoka Airport, Japan after aborting takeoff well above rotation speed following an uncontained failure of engine three. Three of the 275 people on board were killed. The crash was blamed on pilot error and improper maintenance.
26 September 1997
Flight 152, an Airbus A300B4-220 flying from Jakarta to Medan, crashed in Sibolangit, short of Medan Airport in low visibility, killing all 234 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation incident in Indonesia.
16 January 2002
Flight 421, a Boeing 737-3Q8 en route from Lombok to Yogyakarta was forced to make an emergency landing but finally crashed in poor weather on the Solo River, due to an engine flameout caused by water and hail ingestion. A flight attendant was killed in the accident.