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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-286 Adv. |
| Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | EP-IRP |
| MSN: | 20945/1048 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 118 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Shiraz International Airport (SYZ/OISS) -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad International Airport (THR/OIII) |
| Shiraz International Airport (SYZ/OISS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On approach to Shiraz, when the undercarriage was selected down, the nose undercarriage would not extend. The made a number of attempts to rectify the problem but to no avail and, after carrying a fly by of the control tower so that the position of the nose undercarriage confirmed, returned to Shiraz for an emergency landing. During the subsequent landing roll the pilot managed to hold the aircraft’s nose up until the last moment and it suffered relatively minor damage.
Sources:
https://www.iata.org/contentassets/4d18cb077c5e419b8a888d387a50c638/iata-safety-report-2000-jet.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9993427 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 January 2011 | EP-IRP | Iran Air | 78 | 15 km SE of Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2025 19:27 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 29-Apr-2025 11:35 | ASN | Updated |
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