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AJULJM* £___=__// iiEynw • :,,'iv. .v.-l^.-rM,," i ______W___B_____________________M_____M_______I Date Carrier Aircraft type/registration Location Fatalities Total occupants Phase crew/pax crew/pax 17 January NeconAir Cessna 208 Caravan (9N-ADA) Jumla, Nepal 1/3 1/5 TO The aircraft climbed to about 450ft AGL with a high nose-up attitude, before descending left wing low to crash close to the airfield boundary. Early reports suggest an engine failure and fire, but this has yet to be confirmed. 16 January Uzu Air Pilatus Britten-Norman islander (VH-XFF) Coconut Island, Australia 1/2 1/3 RA The aircraft went out of control and crashed when only about 250m short of the runway threshold. 3 February Aitlink Pilatus Britten-Norman Islander (P2-ALH) 30km SW of Hoskins, Papua New Guinea 1/10 1/10 ER Crashed en route Hoskins-Kandhanat. The wreckage spread indicates structural failure, according to the airline. 8 April Aerotaca DHC Twin Otter (HK-2760) Cerro la Camonera, Nr Malaga, Colombia 2/3 2/3 AA During descent to Malaga, the aircraft hit the mountain (Cerro la Carbonera) at about the 8,000ft AMSL 15km to the west of the airport. The crash site is about 8km off the procedural descent path. The flight was filed as VFR and it was daylight with no adverse weather reported, but there was a broken cloudbase and some mist. 18 April Waterwings Airways Cessna 206 (ZK-EKJ) MtSuter, Milford Sound, New Zealand 1/4 1/4 ER The aircraft crashed into the 6,700ft mountain in daylight about 200ft below its summit and lkm to the east of the aircraft's planned track. The weather was generally good but cloud was building on the mountain tops. 8 May Vanair DHC Twin Otter (YJ-RV9) In sea off Port Vita, Vanuatu 1/6 1/11 AA The aircraft, having settled into a gradual descent for Port Vila at night in heavy rain, descended into the sea. 17 June Airlink Embraer Bandeirante (P2-ALX) Nr Goroka, Papua New Guinea 2/15 2/15 ER Crashed shortly after the pilot had radioed inbound to Goroka with no apparent problems. The investigators have indicated that the aircraft may have been operating in IMC below the 14,000ft minimum safe altitude for the mountainous region. Wreckage was found on a mountain at 8,500ft about 1km to the right of the procedural approach path forthe airfield. Date Carrier Aircraft type/registration Location Fatalities Total occupants Phase 12 January Channel Express FokkerF27-600(GCHNL) Guernsey Apt, UK Channel Islands 2 2 RA The aircraft, on a newspaper delivery flight, crashed 500m short of the runway threshold during an approach in gusty conditions with possible windshear. The aircraft hit the ground in a nose-up attitude and power had been applied just before impact, according to witnesses. 13 January Kelowna Flightcraft Douglas DC-3 (OGWUG) Mt Parke, Vancouver, Canada 2 2 ER The aircraft hit the mountain in darkness and marginal VMC at the 900ft level en route from Vancouver to Victoria. The pilot had cancelled an IFR flight plan, although the weather was given as overcast at 800ft. 2 February Santa Cruz Imperial Antonov An-12 (EL-ASA) Cazenga district, Luanda, Angola 14 14 RA About 2min after takeoff from Luanda, the crew reported trouble with No 1 engine and said they were returning to land. On final approach about 3km from the airfield the aircraft appeared to go out of control and it entered a steep dive to impact. 13 people on the ground were killed. 4 February AirAngol Antonov An-26 (EL-ANZ) Luzamba Apt, Angola 2 36 L Aircraft landed long, overran into a deep ditch and caught fire. 8 February Blue Airlines Lockheed Electra (9QODI?) Mbanza-Lemba district, Kinshasa, Zaire 7 7 C Crashed shortly after take-off and was destroyed. 12 February Ameriflight Beech C99 (N205RA) White Mountain, Nr Bishop, California, USA 11 ER Crashed into the mountain in daylight VMC at 9,500ft AMSL duhng a positioning flight. 18 March Aiiansa Colombia Douglas DC-3 (HK-337) Location unknown, Colombia 8 8 ER The aircraft went missing, with no emergency call. 19 March Provincial Airlines DHC Twin Otter 300 (C-FWLQ) Davis Inlet, Newfoundland, Canada 12 C Crashed in blowing snow about 7km from the Davis inlet airfield after a go-around. 7 April THYTurkish Airlines Boeing 737400 (TC-JEP) Adatepe, Nr Ceyhan, Turkey 6 6 C The aircraft appears to have gone out of control and crashed about 9min after departure from Adana on a positioning flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Take-off was at 00:45 local time in heavy rain and thunderstorms in the vicinity. 15Apri! Korean Air Boeing MD-11F(HL7373) Shanghai, China 3 3 C The aircraft appears to have gone out of control and crashed to the south east of Shanghai airport. The crew had just been cleared to continue their climb from 1,500m to 5,700m. There was no emergency call, but reports of the CVR content suggest that the crew had been discussing an unspecified control problem just before the aircraft went out of control. The possibility of a load shift or other centre of gravity problem has not been mentioned by the investigators so far, 29 May Malindi Air Services Let L410 (5Y-LET) Massai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya 2 2 ER The aircraft crashed on a positioning flight in daylight. CNK. 30 June Night Express Beech 99 (D-IBEX) Nr Liege, Belgium 2 2 ER The night package flight from London Luton, UK was en route at FL110 bound for Frankfurt, Germany, when it advised ATC at Liege Bierset airport, Belgium, of an engine failure and that the aircraft could not maintain height. The aircraft was given radar vectors for Liege, but crashed about 5km short of the airfield. Date Carrier Aircraft type/registration Location Injuries Total occupants Phase crew/pax crew/pax 28 January Alitalia Boeing MDS2 (i-DAVN) Catania, Sicily, Italy -/- 6/78 L Hard landing in darkness caused substantial damage. 31 January Air Algeria Boeing 727-200Adv (7T-VEH) Ain el Bey Apt, Constantine, Algeria -/- 7/92 L Directional control was lost on a snowy runway and the aircraft veered off the side. 4 March Air France Boeing 737-200Adv (FGBYA) Parme Apt, Biarritz, France -/- 6/91 L Directional control was lost on the landing run and the aircraft ran off the left side of runway 27. The aircraft's nosegear dug into the ground and failed. The landing took place in darkness with strong winds, turbulence and rain. 15 March Korean Air Boeing MOS3 (HL7570) Pohang Apt, Korea -/2 6/150 L The aircraft touched down long and fast from its second approach attempt in high winds and rain. It overran the runway at quite high speed, stopping at the bottom of an embankment with the fuselage fractured. 18 March Korean Air Airbus Industrie A30O600 Cheju, Korea -/- ?/? L Windshear caused one main wheel unit to touch down on the grass beside the runway, so the crew initiated go-around and diverted safely to Kwanju, 20 March Iberia Boeing MD-87 (EC_RL) Cointrin Apt, Geneva, Switzerland -/- 6/101 L Nose gear remained jammed up, despite efforts to lower it, so the crew landed safely on a foam carpet at Geneva with minimal damage to the aircraft. The problem is believed to have been damage to the nosewheel water deflector during departure from Barcelona, Spain, which jammed the nosegear up. 20 March Guinea Ecuatorial Airlines Yakovlev Yak40 (RA-87587 Bata Apt, Bata, Equatorial Guinea -/3 3/30 TO No 2 engine suffered bird ingestion and the crew aborted the take-off, but the aircraft overran the runway into some trees. 1 April Korean Air Boeing 747400 Chicago O'Hare Apt, Illinois, USA -/- ?/300 TO An Air China 74 7F had taken the wrong taxiway on the way to the freight centre after landing on runway 14R and taxied back on to the runway in the path of the Korean Air Boeing 74 7-400 that was taking off, passengers on board. The Korean aircraft avoided collision by lifting off and immediately banking right, missing the Air China aircraft by a reported 8m. 5 April Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200Adv (PK-RIL) Unjung Pandang Apt, Sulawesi, Indonesia -/- 6/80 L While carrying out a 180s turn at the end of the wet runway to backtrack along it, the aircraft skidded off the side of the runway causing damage to the left gear and engine. , 14 April Air Vanuatu Boeing 737-300 (YJ-AV18) Sydney Intl Apt, Australia -/- ?/? G White taxiing, along with 40 others on the ground at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport, was hit and damaged by a severe hailstorm which lasted about llmin, some hailstones measuring up to 40mm in diameter. 22 April Million Air Charter Boeing 727-100 (ZS-IJE) NrLanseria, Zambia -/- 6?/60? AA The aircraft suffered major damage when it encountered a severe hailstorm while descending through 8,500ft toward Johannesburg, but it landed safely. The aircraft was written off. 23 May Continental Airlines Boeing 737-700 Over El Salvador -/- ?/? ER Encountered volcanic ash at high level and diverted safely to San Salvador. 34 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 28 July - 3 August 1999
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