Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 DEC 1987 |
| Type: | IRMA/Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
| Operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | IN-132 |
| C/n / msn: | 875 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Cochin NAS (COK) (India) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cochin NAS (VOCC), India |
| Cochin NAS (VOCC), India |
Ditched following a loss of engine power during a test flight.
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» Thomas Brügge
» The Indian Express - December 10 1987
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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 Cochin NAS to Cochin NAS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Cochin NAS to Cochin NAS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
