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Date: September
28, 1992
Time: 14:30
Type: Airbus
A300B4-203
Registration:
AP-BCP (See photo below)
C/n: 025
Year built:
1976
Crew: 12
fatalities/12 on board
Passengers:
155 fatalities/155 on board
Total: 167
fatalities/167 on board
Location: Kathmandu;
20km S (Nepal)
Phase: Initial
approach
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Karachi
- Kathmandu
Flight
number: PK-268
Remarks: PIA
flight268 departed Karachi at 11.13h for a flight to Kathmandu. The en route
portion of the flight was uneventful and the aircraft was cleared for a Sierra
approach to Kathmandu Runway 02. The crew was instructed to maintain 11500ft and
report at 16DME (16mls from the VOR/DME beacon, which is located 0,6nm short of
the runway). The Kathmandu approach is very difficult, since the airport is
located in an oval-shaped valley surrounded by mountains as high as 9,665ft.
Runway elevation is 4313 amsl. The next approach fixes for PIA flight 268 were
at 13 DME (at 10500ft), 10DME (at 9500ft) and 8 DME (at 8200ft). A few seconds
after reporting 10 DME, the aircraft was descending through 8200ft (the altitude
for 8 DME!). The Airbus crashed into a steep cloud-covered hillside at
approx.7300ft amsl., at 9,16 DME.
Source: ASW
5.10.1992 (3/4) + 6.2.1995 (5); AW&ST 5.10.1992(36); FI 4-10.11.1992 (8) +
31.3-6.4.1993 (4); Asia Pacific Air Safety Dec.1992 (10-12) + ICAO Adrep Summary
2/94 (#1)
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Airbus
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PIA Airbus A300B4-203, AP-BCP, after crashing into
'Fan Marker Hill' 9nm south of Kathmandu
Airport, Nepal, on September 28, 1992. Resting
amid the native rhododendrons, its smoking embers mixing with the misty cloud base, the empennage of AP-BCP tells its own tragic story. The sharp gashes
in the leading edges of fin and starboard stabilizer attest to the violence of
the disintegrating aircraft's passage through the dense canopy of the hillside
jungle |
Date: July
5, 1994
Time: 10:25
Type: Fokker
F-27 Friendship Mk 200
Registration: AP-ALN
C/n: 10164
Year built: 1960
Total airframe hours:
Cycles:
Crew: 0
fatalities/4 on board
Passengers: 0
fatalities/38 on board
Total: 0
fatalities/42 on board
Location: Dera
Ismail Khan (Pakistan)
Phase: Final
approach
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Islamabad
- Dera Ismail Khan
Flight number:
PK-684
Remarks: The
flight crew were faced with no.1 engine problems on final approach. The approach
was continued, but poor alignment with the runway forced the crew to go-around.
The no.2 engine was set at full power and gears and flaps were retracted, but
the aircraft continued to lose height. A turn was made to avoid a river and the
F-27 touched down in a paddy field. The aircraft slid for 300m before colliding
with a tree.
Source: S185
+ S186 + A300(17) + FI 18-24.1.1995
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Fokker F-27 Friendship Mk 200 (Abbas
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AP-ALN after making crash landing in Dera Ismail Khan on July 5, 1994 |
Date: March
26, 2000
Time:
Type: Boeing
747-217B
Registration: AP-BCO
C/n: 20927
Year built: 1974
Crew: 0
fatalities/16 on board
Passengers: 0
fatalities/0 on board
Total: 0
fatalities/16 on board
Location: Jeddah-King
Abdul Aziz International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Ferry
Flight: - Jeddah
Flight number:
Remarks: On
landing after a ferry flight with no passengers, the aircraft's right outer
engine #4 caught fire. The pilots managed to extinguish the flames with the 2nd
bottle, but local fire fighters had to put out the fire after it re-ignited. All
16 crew members were evacuated without injury. The
aircraft sustained damage to the engine, cowling, pylon and adjacent wing
fairing. After repairs, this aircraft was put back into service.
Source: NTSB
Date: May
25, 2001
Time: 17:30
Type: Airbus
A300B4-203
Registration: AP-BBV
C/n: 144
Year built: 1981
Crew: 0
fatalities/? on board
Passengers: 0
fatalities/? on board
Total: 0
fatalities/255 on board
Location: Lahore;
110 miles (Pakistan)
Phase:
Cruise
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Lahore
- Karachi
Flight number: PK-305
Remarks: The
Karachi bound flight
PK-305 took off from Lahore Airport at 17:00h. About half an hour later
there was an explosion caused by the rupture of aft pressure bulkhead at the altitude of
28,000 feet. The broken components jammed the elevator control, ruptured the
hydraulic lines and the fuel lines. The Airbus went into a climb and then went
into a dive. The crew was able to recover the aircraft from the dive at 8,000
feet. The aircraft was turned back to Lahore and made an emergency landing.
There were no serious injuries to the passengers or crew. Findings of
investigation indicated that the pressure bulkhead failure was due to unnoticed
corrosion caused by its proximity to a lavatory.
Source: Special
thanks to Dr. Shazia
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Airbus
A300B4-203 (Copyright
© Andrew Hunt) |
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AP-BBV
involved in above described accident |
Date: October
17, 2001
Time: 02:15
Type: Airbus
A300B4-203
Registration:
AP-BCJ
C/n: 268
Year built:
1983
Crew: 0
fatalities/11 on board
Passengers:
0
fatalities/193 on board
Total: 0
fatalities/204 on board
Location: Dubai
International Airport (United Arab Emirates)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Islamabad
- Peshawar - Dubai
Flight number:
PK-231
Remarks: Flight
PK-231 from Islamabad via Peshawar veered off the side of the runway at Dubai
after the right-hand main landing gear collapsed as it touched down. The
aircraft skidded and eventually came to rest in sand 50 meters away from the
runway. The aircraft sustained damage to its right wing structure and its no.2
engine, which partly broke off the wing. According to a press release by UAE's
General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the approach and landing of the
aircraft was normal. But during the landing roll, the aircraft left the right
side of the runway at slow speed and came to rest on the un-prepared surface 50
meters away from the runway facing 90 degree to the landing direction. All 193
passengers and 11 crew were evacuated safely. The 21 passengers suffering slight
injuries were treated at Dubai Airport's medical center. Investigation by GCAA
reveals failure of the right main landing gear as the main cause of accident.
Source: Khaleej
Times
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Airbus
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AP-BCJ
after its accident at Dubai International Airport on
October 17, 2001 |
Date: March
01, 2004
Time: 01:40
Type: Airbus
A300B4-203
Registration:
AP-BBA
C/n: 114
Year built:
1980
Crew: 0
fatalities/12 on board
Passengers:
0
fatalities/261 on board
Total: 0
fatalities/273 on board
Location: Jeddah-King
Abdul Aziz International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
Phase: Take
off
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Jeddah
- Quetta
Flight number:
PK-2002
Remarks: Takeoff
was aborted at very high speed after the left main gear tyres blew.
Undercarriage suffered serious damage, flying metal pieces from fragmented wheel assemblies of
nose gear
struck fan blades of both engines and caused serious damage to both engines. Aircraft is declared constructive total loss and withdrawn from
use. According to investigations conducted by Saudi authorities, defective tyres
were the cause of this accident.
Source: ATDB
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Airbus A300B4-203 (Copyright
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AP-BBA seen
after meeting accident at Jeddah
Airport, Saudi Arabia, on March 1, 2004 |
Date: June
16, 2004
Time:
Type: Fokker
F-27 Friendship Mk 200
Registration:
AP-AUR
(See photo below)
C/n: 10307
Year built:
1966
Crew: 0
fatalities/4 on board
Passengers:
0
fatalities/36 on board
Total: 0
fatalities/40 on board
Location: Chitral
Airport (Pakistan)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Peshawar -
Chitral
Flight number:
PK-660
Remarks:
The Fokker did not stop on the runway, and overshot the area of the
airport. It slipped into nearby fields as all its tyres burst with a
loud noise. The accident caused damage to aircraft's landing gear, engines and nose section.
The aircraft was declared a write-off and withdrawn from service after the accident.
Probable
cause:
The aircraft landed too far up the runway leaving little space for itself to
slow down on the runway.
Source: The
Nation
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Fokker
F-27 Friendship Mk 200
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Security
personnel stand guard near PIA Fokker F-27 (registration AP-AUR) sitting outside
the runway of Chitral Airport on June 16, 2004 |
Date:
July 10, 2006
Time:
12:06
Type: Fokker
F-27 Friendship Mk 200
Registration:
AP-BAL
C/n: 10243
Year built:
1964
Cycles:
82480 cycles
Crew:
4
fatalities/4 on board
Passengers:
41
fatalities/41 on board
Total:
45
fatalities/45 on board
Ground casualties:
Fatalities: 1
Location:
Multan (Pakistan)
Phase:
Initial Climb
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight:
Multan
- Lahore
Flight number:
PK-688
Remarks:
PK-688 took off from Multan Airport at 12:05PM for 1 hour 20 minutes flight to
Lahore. During take-off roll, aircraft's engine number 2 crossed Turbine Gas
Temperature (TGT) limit and caught fire. The Fokker F-27 crashed in an empty wheat field surrounded by mango
orchard trees. The ill-fated aircraft struck high voltage electricity
wires, and after hitting some trees and orchard's boundary wall, it crashed into empty field
around 12:06PM, within 50 seconds after take-off from Multan Airport. Laden with
4,700 pounds of aviation fuel, the aircraft broke into pieces due to force of impact with
ground and immediately caught fire
killing everyone trapped inside the wreckage. According to some eye witnesses, a severely injured air hostess was
pulled alive from aircraft's burning wreckage but she breathed her last few
minutes later at the crash site. A young girl on the ground also became
unfortunate victim of
this accident. The crash site is around three miles from Multan Airport in an area
called Raj Ghat in the Suraj Miani locality of Multan city.
Remarks:
During the preliminary investigation
parts of one of the two Rolls Royce Dart engines of ill-fated aircraft were
found on Multan Airport runway indicating engine failure during take-off as one
of the reasons behind the accident. However, there is no evidence found that the
engine failure is related to the Dart engine design. Furthermore, no evidence
was found indicating that the Fokker F-27 or its systems had any bearing on the
cause of the accident.
Probable
cause:
Crew did not
apply proper flight techniques in case of an engine failure.
Unfortunately, after take-off, crew did not retract landing
gear and also did not adequately correct the heading and
rolling deviations, which caused additional loss of climb
performance. The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) recording showed
that the crew was able to recover the heading and rolling
deviations occasionally. Therefore it can be concluded that
the aircraft was controllable on one engine.
Source:
Fokker Services,
The
Nation,
APP,
The News
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Fokker
F-27 Friendship Mk 200
(Copyright
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AP-BAL wreckage
burning at crash site, three miles away from Multan Airport, on
July 10, 2006 |
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