| Date: | Friday 15 March 1974 |
| Time: | 08:09 |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 |
| Owner/operator: | Sterling Airways |
| Registration: | OY-STK |
| MSN: | 266 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13773 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 96 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
| København-Kastrup Airport (CPH/EKCH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Caravelle was backtracking runway 29L when the crew were asked to expedite taxiing and clear the runway on the run-up area because of traffic on finals. While initiating a left turn at the end of the runway the right main gear collapsed. The right wing fuel tank ruptured and the escaping fuel ignited while the Caravelle slid for 90 m before coming to rest.
Evacuation of the aircraft was carried out through exits on the left side of the aircraft.
Causes: The right main landing gear failed as a result of the propagation of fatigue cracks in the lower right hand candelabre of
RIB 44.
Sources:
A Benefit Analysis for Cabin Water Spray Systems and Enhanced Fuselage Burnthrough Protection (CAA PAPER 2002/04)
Aircraft Accident Report AIG/04B/80
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN); May 1973
photo (c) Kjell Nilsson; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN); 18 July 1971
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