Hull-loss description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 FEB 1992 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-2H3 |
| Operator: | Tunis Air |
| Registration: | TS-JHV |
| C/n / msn: | 21319/1269 |
| First flight: | 1977-05-31 (14 years 9 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN) (Tunisia)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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While being parked, the engines were started for an engine-run. When engine power reached 80%, the aircraft ran over it's blocks and ran into a hangar. The maintenance crew forgot to set the brakes.
The plane was withdrawn from use and used for spares in December 1992.
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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.
