Loss of control Accident Boeing 727-286 EP-IRP,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321186

Date:	Sunday 9 January 2011
Time:	19:45
Type:	Boeing 727-286
Owner/operator:	Iran Air
Registration:	EP-IRP
MSN:	20945/1048
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	9019 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 78 / Occupants: 105
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	8 km from Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH) - Iran
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII)
Destination airport:	Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH/OITR)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
An Iran Air Boeing 727 passenger jet was damaged beyond repair in an accident about 8 km from Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH), Iran. There were 96 passengers and nine crew members on board. The airplane operated on flight IR277 from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) to Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH). It left Tehran at 18:15, after a delay of over two hours due to severe weather at the destination.

The effect of a combination of bad weather and cockpit crews' failure to deal with the situation is the major cause of the accident.

Contributing factors:
- The old technology of aircraft systems
- Absence of a suitable simulator for adverse weather conditions
- Failure to correctly execute the operating instructions for go around
- Inadequate cockpit management (CRM)

METAR:

16:00 UTC / 19:30 local time:
OITR 091600Z 26004KT 0800 SN SCT015 SCT020 OVC060 00/00 Q1016=
Wind 260 degrees at 4 knots; Visibility 800 m in snow; scattered clouds 1,500 ft; scattered clouds 2,000 ft.; overcast 6,000 ft.; Temperature 0°C; Dew point 0°C; 1016 hPa

Sources:

IRNA, FARS

Location

Images:

photo (c) Kamran Bidar; near Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH); 14 January 2011