| Date: | Friday 7 January 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-86 |
| Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | EP-IRA |
| MSN: | 19171/276 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Control was lost during a high-speed taxi check. The aircraft ran off the side of the runway, causing severe damage to the undercarriage and fuselage. The taxi check was performed by 2 mechanics, instead of by a qualified flight crew.
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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA); July 1972
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