Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 25 August 1973 |
Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
Operator: | Imperial Iranian Air Force - IIAF |
Registration: | 5-209 |
MSN: | 10484 |
First flight: | 1972 |
Total airframe hrs: | 400 |
Cycles: | 400 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Chalus ( Iran)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Noshahr Airport (OINN), Iran |
Narrative:The Fokker F-27 struck a mountain at 5000ft as it descended on a wrong approach procedure.
The aircraft was allocated to be registered 5-8809, however at the time of the crash it was still 5-209.
Sources:
» Willem Wendt
» Frank Ellemers
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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.