Status:	Final
Date:	05 MAR 1993
Time:	11:12
Type:	Fokker 100
Operator:	Palair Macedonian Airlines
Registration:	PH-KXL
C/n / msn:	11393
First flight:	1992-04-23 (11 months)
Total airframe hrs:	188
Cycles:	136
Engines:	2 Rolls Royce 620-15 Tay
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 79 / Occupants: 92
Total:	Fatalities: 83 / Occupants: 97
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Skopje Airport (SKP) (Macedonia (FYROM))
Phase:	Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:	International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Skopje Airport (SKP/LWSK), Macedonia (FYROM)
Destination airport:	Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland
Flightnumber:	301

Narrative:
At 09:40 the Fokker 100 jet arrived at Skopje (SKP) after a flight from Frankfurt (FRA). At 11:06 taxi clearance was given to Flight 301 to Zürich (ZRH)
The Fokker started the take-off roll at 11:11 using runway 34. Two seconds after lift-off the Fokker experienced heavy vibrations followed by a sudden 10° right bank, a 50° left bank and a 55° right bank. The right wingtip struck the ground, 382m past the runway end with a 90° bank. The wing separated and the fuselage broke into three pieces.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determined that impact with the ground in a steep right bank shortly after litf off was caused by loss of roll controllability due to contamination of the wings with ice . This situation resulted from an omission to carry out spraying of the aircraft with deicing or anti-icing fluid in meteorological conditions conducive to icing, due to a lack of ice-awareness of the flight crew and the Flying Station Engineer . Contributing factors were a lack of common background and procedures in a difficult multi-sources operational environment."

Events:

Sources:
» Air Safety Week 15.03.1993 (p. 3)
» Flight International
» NOS journaal
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