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1989
1989 - 2259.PDF
FATAL ACCIDENTS: SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS Date Jan 8 Feb 24 Mar 10 June 7 June 17 Carrier British • Midland United Airlines Air Ontario Surinam Airways Interflug Aircraft 737-400 (G-OBME) 747 (N4713U) F.28 (C-FONF) DC-8-62 (N1809E) 11-62 (DDR-SEW) Location Fatalities Crew Near East Midlands — Airport, UK Hawaii Dryden, Canada Paramaribo 9 Zandery Airport, Surinam Berlin — Schonefeld Airport FATAL ACCIDENTS: NON-SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS Date Jan 17 Feb 8 April 10 May 5 June 21 Carrier Aero La Paz Independent Air Uni Air International Aero-Cozumel Peruvian Air Force Aircraft DC-3 (CP-1418) 707 (N7231T) FH-227B (F-GGDM) Trislander (XA-JPE) DH Buffalo Location La Paz, Bolivia Santa Maria, Azores Valence, France Near Cancun, Mexico ?'r Junin Province, Peru Pass 47 9 24 157 16 Fatalities Crew 3 7 3 Pass 2 137 19 6 50 Total occupants Crew 8 19 4 9 10 Total Pass 118 336 65 171 103 occupants Crew 3 7 3 2 Pass 2 137 19 17 60 Phase RA C C RA T/O Phase ? AA AA ER ? Circumstances Fan blade failure in No. 1 engine, near top of climb. Crew interpreted cockpit data as showing a No.2 engine failure and shut it down. No.l engine suffered serious mechanical failure on final approach. Aircraft climbing through 20,000ft out of Honolulu when forward star board underfloor cargo door blew out, taking a large section of fuse lage above it. Nine passengers were blown out of the hole, and the No.3 engine suffered serious foreign object damage. Crashed soon after take-off in snow. Crashed on approach in 3,000ft visibility. Failed to get airborne because elevators jammed or locked. Overran runway, killing one person on ground as well as 16 on board. Circumstances Failed to arrive at destination. Hit high ground on approach. Hit high ground. Forced landing with engine failure. Hit high ground. Normal load for a Buffalo is 44 passengers; this aircraft was carrying freight also. The flight was a regular service for remote civilian communities carried out by the military. FATAL OCCURRENCES INVOLVING SABOTAGE, HIJACK, OR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST CIVILIAN TARGETS Date June 18 Carrier Ariana Afghan Aircraft An-26 Location Zabol, Iran FATAL ACCIDENTS: REGIONAL AND COMMUTER OPERATIONS Date Feb 3 Feb 24 M^r 15 May 8 June 27 June 28 Carrier Burma Airways Predator Mid Pacific Airlines Holmstrom Flyg Formosa Airlines Cameroon Airlines f Aircraft F.27 (XY-AEK) Merlin (N26RT) YS-11 (N128MP) Beech 99 (SE-UO) Cessna Titan (B-12206) BAe 748-2B (TJ-CCF) Location Rangoon, Burma Helsinki Airport, Finland Purdue Fatalities Crew c Pass Fatalities Crew 3 2 2 University, USA Oskarshamn, Sweden Kaohsiung, 2 2 Pescadores Islands Yaounde, Cameroon FATAL ACCIDENTS: NON-PASSENGER FLIGHTS Date Jan 12 Feb 6 Feb 19 Feb 25 Feb 28 Mar 18 Mar 21 April 26 May 22 June 26 Carrier Bradley Air Services Royal Air Maroc Flying, Tiger Albancian Transfair Evergreep Transbrasil Aerosucre ? ? T/O take-off; C Climb; Aircraft HS.748 (C-GDOV) Merchantman (F-GEJE) 747F (N807FT) DC-6 (HR-AKZ) DC-3 (C-FBZN) DC-9 (N931F) 707 (PT-TCS) Caravelle 11R (HK-3325X) DC-3 (N47CE) .DC-6 ER En route; Location Dayton, USA Marseilles, France Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tegucigalpa, Honduras Quebec, Canada Carswell AFB, USA Sao Paulo, Brazil Barranquilla, Colombia De Kalb Airport, USA Quebec, Canada AA Airfield approach; 0 Pass 26 5 j — 14 10 3 Fatalities 2 3 4 10 2 2 3 5 3 4 Total occupants Crew 38 Total Pass occupants Crew 3 2 2 2 2 ? Total Pass 26 5 ? 14 11 1 occupants.* 2 3 4 10 2 2 3 5 3 4 RA Runway approach; L Landing; Phase ? Phase T/O RA RA RA T/O L Phase T/O T/O AA AA C C RA T/O AA 7 Circumstances Argument between copilot and security guard got out of hand; guard shot and wounded copilot. The aircraft force-landed and overturned. Circumstances Hit tree immediately after take-off. Possible engine failure. Hit trees 3,000ft short of runway while on ILS approach. Crashed short of runway. Aircraft appeared to stall, and then crashed. Initial report suggests CG was too far aft because of substantial weight disparity between passengers. Reported engine trouble soon after take-off, lost height, and hit a house. Crashed on landing. Bad weather. Circumstances Lost height after take-off. Right wingtip and propeller hit ground. Con tinued flight, hitting 20ft tree tops, then crashed. Aborted first take-off, and on second banked sharply just after rotation, and crashed into lagoon. Aircraft operated by Intercargo. Hit high ground 8 miles south of Subang International Airport. Weather bad, no apparent aircraft problems. Hit high ground 17 miles from airport. Crashed" 1 mile from airport following take-off. Turned back on receiving cargo door warning soon after take-off. Air craft crashedshort of airport. Explosive cargo. Crashed Into buildings 1 mile short of runway. On the ground 17 were killed and 200 injured. Crashed soorirafter take-off, killing two people on the ground. Crashed 5 miles from De Kalb Airport, cause unknown. Tree spray operation. Aircraft hit high ground. G On ground. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 22 July 1989 ^
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