| Date: | Tuesday 11 February 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2H3 |
| Owner/operator: | Tunis Air |
| Registration: | TS-JHV |
| MSN: | 21319/1269 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN) -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
While being parked, the engines were started for an engine-run. When engine power reached 80%, the aircraft ran over its blocks and ran into a hangar. The maintenance crew forgot to set the brakes.
The plane was withdrawn from use and used for spares in December 1992.
Sources:
Jetstream
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); October 1991
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