Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 JUN 1996 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-286 |
| Operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | EP-IRU |
| C/n / msn: | 21079/1131 |
| First flight: | 1975-04-29 (21 years 2 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rasht Airport (RAS) (Iran)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
| Rasht Airport (RAS/OIGG), Iran |
Crashed in paddy fields after the 15th touch-and-go during a training flight.
Sources:
» Flight International 19-25.06.96(9)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/96 (#19)
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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 Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Rasht Airport as the crow flies is 236 km (147 miles).
Distance from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Rasht Airport as the crow flies is 236 km (147 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.
