Lion Airlines Flight 793
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 · Possible pilot error in failing to calculate the stabilisation of the aircraft on the approach at 100 feet above the runway
From Pandang-Hasanudin Airport, Ujung, Island of Celebes, Indonesia to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)
Event
- NTSB case
- DCA09WA038
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Unknown
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown · led by another country; figures from NTSB notifications
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 174
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
McDonnell Douglas MD-90
- Aircraft type
- McDonnell Douglas MD-90
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- PK-LIL
- Operator
- Lion Air
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Pandang-Hasanudin Airport, Ujung, Island of Celebes, IndonesiaTo Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Unknown
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Not recorded
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Not recorded
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
No findings designated as a cause are recorded in the NTSB data yet.
Approximate · Estimated position: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
Lion Air Flight 793 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operating the route between Ujung and Jakarta; at the moment of landing it ran off the runway. There were no injuries or deaths in the accident.
Landing and accident
The Lion Airlines MD-90 was cleared to land at 15:41 local time (8:41 UTC) on runway 25L, touching down at 15:43 (8:43 UTC). After landing, the aircraft veered to the left, ran off the runway and, after its tail touched the field, the landing gear was struck and the left wing broke.
Of the 174 people travelling on board, none was injured or killed, thanks to the intervention of the emergency services and the actions of the crew.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Vuelo 793 de Lion Airlines” (revision 174740282, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Spanish Wikipedia article: Vuelo 793 de Lion Airlines
- Article
- Vuelo 793 de Lion Airlines
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 174740282 · 2026-08-07 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q6164986
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record DCA09WA038
- Event ID
- 20090310X52813
- Case number
- DCA09WA038
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- es Wikipedia article "Vuelo 793 de Lion Airlines" (page 2412395, revision 174740282), translated into English with AI assistance; merged with NTSB case DCA09WA038 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record DCA09WA038
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia: not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "Lion Airlines Flight 793" and NTSB case DCA09WA038, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.