# NTSB DCA98RA013: Boeing 737-300, Indonesia, December 19, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 19, 1997
- Place: Indonesia
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 97 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA98RA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11051/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=11051
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA98RA013

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9VTRF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 737-300
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Silkair

## Docket (13 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 19, 2000, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=11051. 64.4 MB in all.

- National transportation safety committee aircraft accident report-silkair flight MI185-December 19 1997 (item 1, PDF, 240 pages, 11.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467105&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=National%20Transportation%20Safety%20Committee%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report-SilkAir%20Flight%20MI185-December%2019%201997-Rel.pdf
- Letter from NTSB chairman jim hall to professor o diran and comments on the NTSB committee's draft final report of the (item 2, PDF, 52 pages, 3.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467108&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Letter%20from%20NTSB%20Chairman%20Jim%20Hall%20to%20Professor%20O%20Diran%20and%20comments%20on%20the%20NTSB%20Committee%27s%20Draft%20final%20report%20of%20t-Rel.pdf
- Silkair MI185 simulation study-addendum 1 (item 3, PDF, 82 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467111&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=SilkAir%20MI185%20Simulation%20Study-Addendum%201-Rel.pdf
- Silkair radar data_visual comparison of ntsb's final radar data and Boeing's final radar data (item 4, PDF, 61 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467114&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=SilkAir%20Radar%20Data_Visual%20Comparison%20of%20NTSB%27s%20Final%20Radar%20Data%20and%20Boeing%27s%20Final%20Radar%20Data-Rel.pdf
- Recorded radar study (item 5, PDF, 142 pages, 9.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467117&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Recorded%20Radar%20Study-Rel.pdf
- Factual report of testing (item 6, PDF, 13 pages, 403 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467120&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Factual%20Report%20of%20Testing-Rel.pdf
- Cockpit voice recorder 12-factual report of group chairman (item 7, PDF, 45 pages, 552 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467098&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Cockpit%20Voice%20Recorder%2012-Factual%20Report%20of%20Group%20Chairman-Master.pdf
- Silkair MI185 simulation study-addendum 1-8 (item 8, PDF, 82 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=7625767&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=SilkAir%20MI185%20Simulation%20Study-Addendum%201-8-Redacted.pdf
- Flight data recorder 10-group chairman factual report (item 9, PDF, 170 pages, 6.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467123&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Flight%20Data%20Recorder%2010-Group%20Chairman%20Factual%20Report-Rel.pdf
- Cockpit voice recorder 12 - sound spectrum study (item 10, PDF, 37 pages, 4.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20470742&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=DCA98RA013%20-%20Cockpit%20Voice%20Recorder%2012-Sound%20Spectrum%20Study-Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Silkair MI185 trajectory study (item 11, PDF, 10 pages, 396 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467126&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=SilkAir%20MI185%20Trajectory%20Study-Rel.pdf
- Silkair MI185 simulation study (item 12, PDF, 77 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467129&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=SilkAir%20MI185%20Simulation%20Study-Rel.pdf
- Materials laboratory 15-materials laboratory study-report no 98-116 (item 13, PDF, 46 pages, 20.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=1467132&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Materials%20Laboratory%2015-Materials%20Laboratory%20Study-Report%20No%2098-116-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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