Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The aircraft took off from Karachi at 14:30 GMT for a training flight. The aircraft returned to Karachi at 16:39 and took off again at 16:48 for further training. At 17:07 the crew were cleared to land. The aircraft (probably carrying out an ILS approach) was not properly lined up with the runway, so a go around was carried out. On the second time, the Viscount was seen flying very low over the runway with the engines no. 3 and 4 inoperative. During the overshoot, the Viscount yawed almost 90° to starboard, causing the right wing to strike a blast pen wall. The aircraft then crashed in flames. Two crew members were killed while the third occupants was injured. Christened 'City of Dacca', the airplane had been delivered just 5 months prior to the accident.

Probable cause:

The trainee captain attempted a manoeuvre in disregard of the prescribed limitations of such a manoeuvre. A two-engine overshoot was attempted at a very low height and below the prescribed minimum speed, when the aircraft was committed to a landing. This resulted in a violent yaw and sharp drop which could not be controlled. The training captain was conversant with the minimum requirements of a two-engine overshoot of the Viscount 815 aircraft but appears to have overestimated his performance.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan near Tabriz

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1958

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan

Operator:

Television Associates of Indiana

Registration:

N54TA

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Ferry

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Bahrain – Karachi

MSN:

1342

YOM:

1942

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Crashed in a mountainous area located in the region of Tabriz while on a ferry flight from Bahrain to Karachi. The occupant's fate remains unknown.

Crash of an Avro 685 York C.1 in Gurgaon: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1958

Type of aircraft:

Avro 685 York

Operator:

Registration:

G-AMUV

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Karachi – New Delhi

MSN:

MW226

YOM:

1946

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While approaching New Delhi-Palam Airport on a cargo flight from Karachi, the crew reported an engine fire. The captain realized it would not be possible to reach the airport so he decided to attempt an emergency landing in Gurgaon, about 15 km south of the capital city airport. The airplane crash landed in a field, slid for dozen yards, struck several obstacles and came to rest in flames. A crew member was rescued while four others were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the engine number one that caught fire and exploded.

Crash of a Convair CV-240-7 in New Delhi: 23 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1958 at 2018 LT

Type of aircraft:

Convair CV-240

Operator:

Registration:

AP-AEH

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

New Delhi – Karachi

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1949

Flight number:

PK205

Location:

New Delhi-Palam

National Capital Territory of Delhi

Country:

India

Region:

Asia

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Captain / Total flying hours:

4775

Captain / Total hours on type:

324.00

Aircraft flight hours:

12668

Circumstances:

The aircraft had landed at Palam at 1902 hours following an uneventful flight from Karachi. A thorough service check was carried out, and it was refuelled and loaded for the return flight to Karachi. The total take-off weight indicated on the load sheet was 41 589 lbs. The investigation revealed an error in the empty weight of the aircraft and the actual gross take-off weight was determined to be 41 319 lbs, which is 1 181 lbs less than the maximum permissible all-up weight. At 2018 hours the aircraft commenced its take-off run and was airborne at the latter half of the runway. Soon afterwards flames were observed at the western boundary of the airfield. The crash crew chief had watched the aircraft take-off. He saw the aircraft becoming airborne and then climbing to a height estimated by him to be 50 ft. He then noticed the landing lights pointing downwards and the aircraft losing height. He feared that a crash was imminent and immediately instructed the crew to proceed in that direction. At about this time the crash siren was sounded. The crash tender reached the site of the accident in about 7 to 8 minutes by which time the fire had reached large proportions. Fatal injuries were sustained by 4 members of the crew, 17 passengers and 2 others who were in the vicinity of the crash. Nine passengers and one other were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.

Probable cause:

The captain did not properly observe and Interpret his flight instruments and thus inadvertently permitted the aircraft to descend to the ground immediately after a night take-off during which no visual reference was possible. A contributory factor may have been the slow reactions of the captain due to his state of health.

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Crash of a Vickers 610 Viking 1B in Karachi

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1957

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viking

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Registration:

CR-IAD

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Goa – Karachi

MSN:

215

YOM:

1947

Location:

Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam

Sindh (سنڌ سندھ)

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Pakistan

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Asia

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After touchdown at Karachi-Quaid-e-Azam Airport, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with the fire brigade building. All 27 occupants were evacuated and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes IV/A at Faisal AFB

Date & Time: Aug 5, 1956

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes

Operator:

Registration:

G-ALDK

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

London – Karachi

MSN:

81/12

YOM:

1950

Location:

Faisal AFB (Mehran NAS) (ex RAF Drigh Road) (Karachi)

Sindh (سنڌ سندھ)

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Pakistan

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Asia

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The approach to Karachi International Airport was attempted in poor weather conditions and a limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. On final, the left windshield wiper failed and the crew did not realized he was approaching Faisal AFB runway 08 instead of Karachi-Intl Airpor runway 07, when the airplane struck the ground and crashed short of runway threshold at Faisal Airbase (Drigh Road). All 72 occupants were evacuated safely while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

An undershooting of the runway 07 selected for landing attributable to the failure of the aircraft's left windshield wiper. The secondary cause was a mistake in confusing runway 08 at PAF airfield Drigh Road, with runway 07 at Karachi Airport (the latter being the correct runway for use) when landing in meteorological conditions below those recommended as minima by the Pakistan Department of Civil Aviation.