Bagram AFB

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Captain / Total flying hours:

5720

Captain / Total hours on type:

865.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

2228

Copilot / Total hours on type:

420

Aircraft flight hours:

21489

Circumstances:

On November 27, 2004, about 0820 Afghanistan time, a Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima C-212-CC (CASA 212) twin-engine, turboprop airplane, N960BW, registered to Aviation Worldwide Services, LLC, and operated by Presidential Airways, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida, collided with mountainous terrain in the vicinity of the Bamiyan Valley, near Bamiyan, Afghanistan. The Department of Defense (DoD) contract flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135, with a company flight plan filed. Daylight visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed. The captain, the first officer, and the mechanic-certificated passenger, who were U.S. civilians employed by the operator, and the three military passengers, who were active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, received fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The flight departed Bagram Air Base (OAIX), Bagram, Afghanistan, about 0738.

Probable cause:

The captain's inappropriate decision to fly a nonstandard route and his failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance, which resulted in the inflight collision with mountainous terrain. Factors were the operator's failure to require its flight crews to file and to fly a defined route of flight, the operator's failure to ensure that the flight crews adhered to company policies and FAA and DoD Federal safety regulations, and the lack of in-country oversight by the FAA and the DoD of the operator. Contributing to the death of one of the passengers was the operator's lack of flight-locating procedures and its failure to adequately mitigate the limited communications capability at remote sites.

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Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Kabul: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1988

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Antonov AN-26

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Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Kabul - Bagram AFB

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Kabul

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After takeoff from Kabul, while climbing, the aircraft was hit by small ground fire, stalled and crashed. A crew member was injured while five other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Shot down by ground fire.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Kabul: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1987 at 1645 LT

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Antonov AN-26

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Takeoff (climb)

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Cargo

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Kabul - Bagram AFB

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Kabul

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After takeoff from Kabul Airport, while climbing, the aircraft was hit by a Stinger missile that struck the left engine. All six crew members managed to bail out when the aircraft crashed and was destroyed. Five occupants were uninjured while the captain was killed as his parachute failed to open.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a Stinger missile.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30B at Bagram AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1985

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-30

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05 red

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Kabul - Kabul

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07 05

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On return to Kabul from a reconnaissance mission south of the Panjshir Valley when the left engine was hit by a "Strela" shoulder-fired SAM 25 km north of Kabul and caught fire. Four of the six crew members were able to bail out and both pilots tried to land the burning aircraft at Bagram AFB. A first approach was abandoned, and during the second attempt to land, an aileron linkage was destroyed by fire and the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames, killing both pilots.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a surface-to-air missile.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12 at Bagram AFB

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1983

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Antonov AN-12

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On final approach to Bagram AFB, the four engine airplane and especially the nose gear were struck by ground fire. Upon touchdown, the airplane became uncontrollable, veered off runway and collided with two parked Mil Mi-6 helicopters. All five crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Struck by ground fire on final approach.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-76M near Kabul: 47 killed

Date & Time: Dec 25, 1979 at 2133 LT

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-76

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CCCP-86036

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Flight

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Military

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Mountains

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Tashkent - Bagram

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093416500

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1979

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Kabul

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