Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 01 MAR 2010 |
| Type: | Airbus A300B4-203F |
| Operator: | ACT Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-ACB |
| C/n / msn: | 121 |
| First flight: | 1980-11-24 (29 years 3 months) |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF6-50C2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bagram Air Base (BPM) (Afghanistan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI), Bahrain |
| Bagram Air Base (BPM/OAIX), Afghanistan |
An Airbus A300 cargo plane, reportedly registered TC-ACB, suffered a landing mishap at Bagram Air Base (BPM), Afghanistan. It came to rest on the left runway shoulder of runway 03, approximately 500 ft north of taxiway Charlie and just south of the 3000 feet remaining distance marker.
The airplane suffered a collapse of, the left hand, main undercarriage.
Sources:
» Pprune
» OIAX Notam
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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 Bahrain International Airport to Bagram Air Base as the crow flies is 2010 km (1256 miles).
Distance from Bahrain International Airport to Bagram Air Base as the crow flies is 2010 km (1256 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.
