Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Monday 19 January 2009 |
Time: | 17:01 |
Type: |  Fokker 100 |
Operating for: | Iran Air |
Leased from: | Chabahar Airlines |
Registration: | EP-CFN |
MSN: | 11423 |
First flight: | 1993 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 106 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 114 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) ( Iran)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Ardabil Airport (ADU/OITL), Iran |
Destination airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
Narrative:Fokker 100 EP-CFN was operated on an Iran Air flight from Ardabil (ADU) to Tehran-Mehrabad (THR). After landing on runway 29L, the right hand main landing gear broke. The airplane went off the right side of the runway, coming to rest between taxiways 8 and 10.
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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 Ardabil Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 387 km (242 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
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.