Accident description
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| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 JAN 1980 |
| Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
| Operator: | Tamdaw Lay (Burma Air Force) |
| Registration: | 5003 |
| C/n / msn: | 545 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 43 / Occupants: 44 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Mandalay (Myanmar) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mandalay-Annisaton Airport (MDL/VYMD), Myanmar |
| ? |
Collided with a building after take-off.
Sources:
» Flight International 03.01.1981 (27)
» Spider nr.20 (okt. 1996), p.7
Statistics
11th loss of a Fairchild FH-227
The worst accident involving a Fairchild FH-227 (at the time)
2nd worst accident involving a Fairchild FH-227 (currently)
2nd worst accident in Myanmar (at the time)
4th worst accident in Myanmar (currently) » figures explained
The worst accident involving a Fairchild FH-227 (at the time)
2nd worst accident involving a Fairchild FH-227 (currently)
2nd worst accident in Myanmar (at the time)
4th worst accident in Myanmar (currently) » figures explained
Photos
N705U was bought by the U.S. Dept of State in 1977 and donated to the Burmese Air Force.
