Narrative:
The Fokker F-27 cargo plane took off from runway 27 of Mumbai airport at 03:47. After take off the pilot reported to ATC Tower," VSA is turning left Sir, thousand two hundred, we are entering weather otherwise", to which the ATC Tower acknowledged and asked to contact radar. The aircraft on contacting radar controller was asked to establish radial 146, climb level 170 and report passing FL80. The transmission was acknowledged by the aircraft. Thereafter the aircraft plunged into the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai Coast.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot possibly lost control when encountered severe weather conditions soon after take-off and crashed into the Sea."
accident date: 03-07-1997
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
registration: VT-SSA
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 3 July 1997 |
| Time: | 03:49 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Elbee Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-SSA |
| MSN: | 10670 |
| First flight: | 1984 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 552-7R |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Madh Island ( India)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB), India |
| Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG), India |
The Fokker F-27 cargo plane took off from runway 27 of Mumbai airport at 03:47. After take off the pilot reported to ATC Tower," VSA is turning left Sir, thousand two hundred, we are entering weather otherwise", to which the ATC Tower acknowledged and asked to contact radar. The aircraft on contacting radar controller was asked to establish radial 146, climb level 170 and report passing FL80. The transmission was acknowledged by the aircraft. Thereafter the aircraft plunged into the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai Coast.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot possibly lost control when encountered severe weather conditions soon after take-off and crashed into the Sea."
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1997 (DGAC India)Photos
accident date: 03-07-1997
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
registration: VT-SSA
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 Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to Bangalore-Hindustan Airport as the crow flies is 849 km (530 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to Bangalore-Hindustan Airport as the crow flies is 849 km (530 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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