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On final approach to Bandar Abbas Airport, the airplane was too low for undetermined reason when it struck the ground and came to rest in flames few dozen yards short of runway. Eleven passengers were killed while 17 other occupants were evacuated. The aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Vickers 782D Viscount in Isfahan

Date & Time: Feb 15, 1965

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viscount

Operator:

Registration:

EP-AHC

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

299

YOM:

1958

Location:

Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti

Isfahan

Country:

Iran

Region:

Asia

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Circumstances:

The aircraft landed hard for unknown reason. On touchdown, the left main gear collapsed and the aircraft veered off runway to the left before coming to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Crash of a Douglas R4D-4 in Isfahan

Date & Time: May 4, 1964

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-3

Operator:

Registration:

EP-ADI

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

6350

YOM:

1942

Location:

Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti

Isfahan

Country:

Iran

Region:

Asia

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Circumstances:

Suffered an accident at Isfahan Airport. There were no injuries.

Crash of an Avro 685 York C.1 near Karaj: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1963 at 0910 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 685 York

Operator:

Registration:

OD-ACZ

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Tehran – Beirut

MSN:

1218

YOM:

1945

Location:

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Captain / Total flying hours:

16553

Captain / Total hours on type:

6000.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

4714

Copilot / Total hours on type:

4000

Circumstances:

The Avro York plane carried out a freight flight from Beirut to Tehran via Kuwait. On the Kuwait-Tehran leg of the flight several test manoeuvres were carried out by a check pilot who was examining the pilot in command and co-pilot for renewal of their licenses. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion 11 km southeast of Karaj, west of Tehran. The aircraft was completely destroyed upon impact and all four crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

The position of the propellers at the time of impact would indicate that, at a time when the no. 4 engine power was off, an emergency condition developed which necessitated the feathering of no. 3 engine and the unfeathering of no. 4. Alternatively, a loss of power on the starboard engines could have occurred from an erroneous manipulation of the feathering switches during the course of this assumed crew checking exercise. In view of the fact that the fully loaded aircraft was flying at a low altitude after taking off from Mehrabad Airport which has an elevation of 3900 feet, it is evident that at the aircraft would not have sufficient altitude for the pilot to take effective recovery action and so avoid a crash resulting from the above mentioned loss-of-power conditions.

Final Report:

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 200 appartenant near Khozankala: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1962

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F27 Friendship

Operator:

Registration:

EP-MRP

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Calibration

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Tehran - Tehran

MSN:

10126

YOM:

1959

Location:

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Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

605

Aircraft flight cycles:

680

Circumstances:

The crew was engaged in the calibration of the Tehran-Mehrabad International Airport ILS system. While approaching the airport from the northwest, the crew encountered poor visibility due to heavy rain falls. The twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain shrouded in clouds and located near the locality of Khozankala, about 33 km northwest of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were killed. The wreckage was found near the Amir Kabir Dam.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DK in Ahwaz

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1962

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

EP-AEI

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

MSN:

13552

YOM:

1944

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Crashed in unknown circumstances. Occupant fate remains unknown.

Crash of a De Havilland U-1A Otter in the Zagros Mountains: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1962

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DHC-3 Otter

Operator:

Registration:

55-3317

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Tehran – Dezful

MSN:

182

YOM:

1956

Location:

Mt Zagros

Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari

Country:

Iran

Region:

Asia

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Circumstances:

While cruising at an altitude of 3,600 meters in poor weather conditions, the single engine aircraft crashed in the Zagros Mountains, some 500 km south of Tehran. The wreckage was found few days later and two passengers were evacuated seriously wounded by low temperatures. The three other occupants were killed.
Crew:
Maj Carter, pilot. †
Passengers:
Col Walter R. Johnson, †
Cpt Daniel Knotts, †
Col Vann,
Col John Porter.

Crash of a Douglas DC-4 near Rasht

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1961 at 0146 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-4

Operator:

Registration:

EP-ADK

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Beirut – Tehran

MSN:

10384

YOM:

1944

Location:

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Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

11700

Captain / Total hours on type:

4700.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

6400

Copilot / Total hours on type:

1645

Circumstances:

On a cargo flight from Beirut to Tehran, while cruising at an altitude between 13,000 and 15,000 feet by night, the four engine aircraft was attacked by the pilot of an unknown fighter. The engine number one was hit, causing a fire that spread to the nacelle and the wing. Shortly later, the engine number four was shut down and its propeller feathered due to a fuel exhaustion (the fuel tank was apparently empty). In such situation, the crew reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing near Rasht. The airplane came to rest in a field and was destroyed. All three crew members were uninjured. It is presumed the crew made a navigation error in flight, causing the aircraft to fly over the Soviet Union without authorization.

Probable cause:

Shut down by an unknown fighter in flight. The accident was attributed to faulty navigation.

Final Report:

Crash of a Douglas C-47 in Tehran: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1961

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Tehran - Tehran

Location:

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Circumstances:

The crew was completing a local training flight at Tehran consisting of material, equipment and soldiers dropping. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances, killing all nine occupants.