Sialkot (Jalkot) | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

Following an uneventful flight from Sialkot, the crew completed the approach to Muscat-Seeb Runway 26L. After touchdown, while decelerating, the left main gear collapsed, causing the left engine to struck the ground. The aircraft slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest on the left edge of the runway. All 114 occupants evacuated uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 600 near Jalkot: 31 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1972 at 1215 LT

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F27 Friendship

Operator:

Registration:

AP-AUS

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Gilgit - Rawalpindi

MSN:

10314

YOM:

1966

Flight number:

PK631

Location:

Sialkot (Jalkot)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خیبرپختونخوا)

Country:

Pakistan

Region:

Asia

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

11077

Aircraft flight cycles:

16720

Circumstances:

The airplane departed Gilgit Airport at 1140LT bound for Rawalpindi on flight PK631. En route, while cruising at an altitude of 9,000 feet in poor weather conditions, the airplane struck the slope of a snow covered mountain located near Jalkot. The wreckage was found few hours later and none of the 31 occupants survived the crash. At the time of the accident, the visibility was nil due to low clouds and snow falls. Apparently, the crew lost his orientation and maybe started the descent prematurely, causing the aircraft to struck the ground.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.