ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 XY-ADK Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN)
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Status:
Date:Saturday 25 March 1978
Time:06:56
Type:Silhouette image of generic F27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
Operator:Burma Airways
Registration: XY-ADK
MSN: 10235
First flight: 1963
Total airframe hrs:28634
Cycles:30355
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44
Total:Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:ca 16 km N of Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN) (   Myanmar)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar
Destination airport:Myitkyina Airport (MYT/VYMK), Myanmar
Narrative:
The aircraft lost height following takeoff from runway 06 and struck trees located 400 feet right of the extended centreline. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a paddy field bursting into flames.

Sources:
» Aviation News 14.04.1978
» Willem Wendt


Photos

photo of Fokker-F-27200-PH-FFA
accident date: 25-03-1978
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
registration: PH-FFA
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport to Myitkyina Airport as the crow flies is 946 km (591 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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