Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 25 DEC 2012 |
| Time: | 08:50 |
| Type: |  Fokker 100 |
| Operator: | Air Bagan |
| Registration: | XY-AGC |
| C/n / msn: | 11327 |
| First flight: | 1991-02-22 (21 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 650-15 Tay |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 65 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 71 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 1 km S of Heho Airport (HEH) (Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Mandalay-Annisaton Airport (MDL/VYMD), Myanmar |
| Heho Airport (HEH/VYHH), Myanmar | |
| Flightnumber: | 011 |
A Fokker 100 operated by Air Bagan was destroyed in an accident near Heho Airport (HEH), Myanmar. Flight W9-011 carried 65 passengers and six crew members.
Eight passengers were injured, one passenger, a tour guide, was killed. A person who was travelling on a motor cycle on the ground was hit by the aircraft as it landed and was also killed.
Flight 011 departed Mandalay-Annisaton Airport (MDL) at 08:28. It was approaching runway 36 at Heho Airport in fog when it struck powerlines along National Highway 4. It then crash-landed in a paddy about 1 km short of the runway. The fuselage broke in two and a fire erupted, destroying the plane.
Heho Airport has a single asphalt runway (18/36) without ILS. There is only an NDB beacon at the field.
Sources:
» Two confirmed dead in Shan State plane crash (Mizzima, 25-12-2012)
» Air Bagan
» Burmese authorities promise investigation into fatal plane crash (Mizzima, 26-12-2012)
Photos
XY-AGC at Heho; flight W9-011 from Mandalay.
G-BXWE moved to Air Bagan as XY-AGC in June 2005 after flying nine years for British Midland
Video/animation
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 FEB 1991 | PH-EZL | Fokker Aircraft BV | first flight |
| 25 JUN 1991 | PH-CFE | Fokker Aircraft BV | registered |
| 1991 | (G-FIOX) | (Air Europe) | destined for Air Europe, but the airline went bankrupt in 1991 |
| 29 OCT 1993 | F-GJAO | Air Littoral | registered |
| 30 NOV 1995 | PH-CFE | Fokker Aircraft BV | registered |
| 13 MAY 1996 | PH-CFE | British Midland Airways | |
| 06 JUL 1998 | G-BXWE | British Midland Airways | registered |
| 29 OCT 2003 | G-BXWE | British Midland Airways | incident: returned to landed following drop in cabin pressure (AAIB) |
| 14 AUG 2004 | G-BXWE | British Midland Airways | incident: landed at London-Heathrow with nose landing gear unsafe indication (AAIB) |
| 01 JUL 2005 | XY-AGC | Air Bagan | registered |
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 Mandalay-Annisaton Airport to Heho Airport as the crow flies is 135 km (84 miles).
Distance from Mandalay-Annisaton Airport to Heho Airport as the crow flies is 135 km (84 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.
