Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 FEB 2002 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154M |
| Operator: | Kish Air |
| Registration: | EP-LBX |
| C/n / msn: | 87A-763 |
| First flight: | 1987 |
| Engines: | 3 Soloviev D-30KU-154-II |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mashad Airport (MHD) (Iran)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Mashhad Airport (MHD/OIMM), Iran |
The Tupolev sustained substantial damage during a heavy landing at Mashad. The airplane was ferried to Moscow-Vnukovo for damage assessment. While being towed at Vnukovo, the nose gear collapsed. It was decided to write off the plane and use it for spares.
Sources:
» Scramble 293
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RA-85634 moved to Kish Air in 2001
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.
