Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 28 NOV 2009 |
| Time: | 08:14 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Operator: | Avient Aviation |
| Registration: | Z-BAV |
| C/n / msn: | 48408/457 |
| First flight: | 1990 |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney PW4460 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG) (China)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG/ZSPD), China |
| Bishkek-Manas International Airport (FRU/UAFM), Kyrgyzstan | |
| Flightnumber: | 324 |
A McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cargo plane, operated by Avient Aviation, was destroyed when crashed and burned on takeoff from Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG), China. Three crew members were fatally injured and four survived the accident. Press reports indicate that the tail struck the runway before the airplane crashed past the runway end. Runway 17R/35L was briefly closed after the accident.
Weather reported about the time of the accident (00:14 UTC / 08:14 local) was reported as:
ZSPD 280000Z 36007MPS 9999 SCT020 12/07 Q1027 NOSIG= [Weather at 00:00 UTC; Wind 360 degrees at 13 knots; scattered clouds at 2000 feet; Temperature 12 degrees C, dew point 7 degrees C; QNH 1027 mb]
Sources:
» Xinhua
» NTSB
» CAAC
Photos
PR-LGD was returned to Pegasus Aviation in 2009 and in turn moved to Avient as Z-BAV
Video/animation
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 JAN 1991 | HL7372 | Korean Air Lines | delivered |
| 27 JUN 1995 | HL7372 | Korean Air Lines | converted to MD-11F (cargo) |
| 09 JAN 2002 | HL7372 | Korean Air Lines | tipped on its tail at Sydney Airport (SYD) while being unloaded at cargo stand |
| 29 DEC 2004 | N988PG | Pegasus Aviation Inc | returned to lessor |
| 18 MAR 2005 | PR-LGD | Varig Log | |
| APR 2008 | PR-LGD | Varig Log | stored at Miami (MIA) |
| 01 JUL 2009 | N408SH | Pegasus Aviation Inc | registered |
| 20 NOV 2009 | Z-BAV | Avient Aviation | delivered from Miami |
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 Shanghai-Pudong International Airport to Bishkek-Manas International Airport as the crow flies is 4311 km (2694 miles).
Distance from Shanghai-Pudong International Airport to Bishkek-Manas International Airport as the crow flies is 4311 km (2694 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.
