| Date: | Monday 18 May 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 815 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-AJC |
| MSN: | 335 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 710 hours |
| Cycles: | 650 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 525 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Islamabad International Airport (ISB) -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPRN) |
The Viscount skidded sideways off the runway into a monsoon ditch when the pilot tried to turn the aircraft (groundloop?) at the end of the runway. The undercarriage folded up sideways and one wing was broken. The Viscount named "City of Karachi" had been delivered just 4 months prior to the accident.
Sources:
La Nación 19 May 1959, p34
Vickers Viscount Network (vickersviscount.net)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Abbas Ali
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