Status:	Definitief
Datum:	12 NOV 1999
Tijd:	11:14
Type:	ATR-42-312
Vloog voor:	United Nations - UN
Gehuurd van:	SiFly
Registratie:	F-OHFV
Constructienummer:	012
Bouwjaar:	1986-04-14 (13 years 7 months)
Aantal vlieguren:	24930
Aantal vluchten:	32810
Motoren:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 21 / inzittenden: 21
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 24 / inzittenden: 24
Schade:	Afgeschreven
Gevolgen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Plaats:	18 km (11.3 mijl) NE of Mitrovica (Servië)
Fase:	Kruisvlucht (ENR)
Soort vlucht:	Internationale charter
Vliegveld van vertrek:	Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA), Italië
Vliegveld van aankomst:	Pristina Airport (PRN/LYPR), Servië
Vluchtnummer:	3275

Beschrijving:
The aircraft, owned by Si Fly but operating on behalf of the UN, World Food Program, departed Rome at 09:11 for Pristina, Kosovo.
The plane was at an altitude of 1400 meters and turning left with a 30deg bank when it was crashed into a hill (30% slope), 15 meters below the summit.
The weather conditions with Pristina were 5 000 meters horizontal visibility, a sky covered with 700 meters and a compact layer of clouds to 920 meters.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The collision of Flight KSV 3275 with high ground was due :
- to teamwork which lacked procedural discipline and vigilance during maneuvers in a mountainous region with poor visibility.
- to the aircraft being kept on its track and then forgotten by a military controller unused to the mountainous environment of the aerodrome and to preventing
the risk of collisions with high ground, within the framework of the radar service he was providing.
- to the operator's critical situation as a new company highly dependant on the lease contract, favoring a failure to respect procedures.
- to the opening of the aerodrome to civil traffic without an advance evaluation of the operating conditions or of the conditions for distribution of aeronautical
information.

The following factors contributed to the accident :

- crew fatigue, favoring a lowering of vigilance.
- undertaking the flight with an unserviceable or disconnected GPWS.

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