Crash of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain near Lake Tiberias

Date & Time: May 2, 1976
Registration:
4X-CCA
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
31-7405140
YOM:
1974
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the pilot informed ATC that he lost a flap and elected to make an emergency landing. The twin engine airplane crash landed north of Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) and was damaged beyond repair. All occupants escaped with no or minor injuries.

Crash of a Dornier DO.28B-2 Agur in Tel Aviv

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1973
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
014
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv
MSN:
3119
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following a local training mission, the crew was returning to Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv when, on landing, the airplane nosed over and came to rest upside down. Both occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Ground accident of a Nord 2501D Noratlas in Israel

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1973
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4X-FAO/072
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
89
YOM:
1956
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Parked on apron, the airplane was completing an engine run with three technicians on board. The airplane jumped over the chocks, rolled for few meters before colliding with a concrete wall. All three occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Boeing KC-97G Stratotanker in Tel Aviv: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1970 at 0255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4X-FPS/037
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tel Aviv-Tel Aviv
MSN:
16658
YOM:
1952
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll from runway 30 at Tel Aviv-Lod Airport by night, just before V1 speed, the crew saw an Israel Air Force Boeing KC-97G Stratotanker that was towed across the active runway. The pilot-in-command initiated an immediate takeoff when the left wing struck the Stratotanker. On impact, both airplanes caught fire and exploded. While all three crew members on board the 707 survived, both technicians on board the KC-97 were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that ATC cleared the mechanics of KC-97 to cross the active runway when they had just allowed the TWA crew to take off from the same runway. It was determined that the time elapsed between both clearances was too short and that ATC failed to pay sufficient attention to potential traffic. Lack of coordination and poor visibility due to the night were considered as contributing factors.

Crash of a Boeing 707-373C in Tel Aviv

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1970 at 0255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N790TW
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Tel Aviv – Frankfurt – New York
MSN:
18738
YOM:
1964
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
15700
Captain / Total hours on type:
4200.00
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll from runway 30 at Tel Aviv-Lod Airport by night, just before V1 speed, the crew saw an Israel Air Force Boeing KC-97G Stratotanker that was towed across the active runway. The pilot-in-command initiated an immediate takeoff when the left wing struck the Stratotanker. On impact, both airplanes caught fire and exploded. While all three crew members on board the 707 survived, both technicians on board the KC-97 were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that ATC cleared the mechanics of KC-97 to cross the active runway when they had just allowed the TWA crew to take off from the same runway. It was determined that the time elapsed between both clearances was too short and that ATC failed to pay sufficient attention to potential traffic. Lack of coordination and poor visibility due to the night were considered as contributing factors.
Final Report:

Crash of an IAI 1123 Westwind in Beit She'an

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1970
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4X-COJ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv
MSN:
29
YOM:
1965
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew (two technicians and two pilots) was engaged in a test flight, the third of this model, part of the certification program. En route, an unexpected situation occurred and all four crew members decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Beit She'an. While all four occupants were uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Vickers 833 Viscount in Tel Aviv

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1969
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4X-AVC
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv
MSN:
425
YOM:
1959
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a night training mission at Tel Aviv Airport, consisting of touch-and-go manoeuvres. After landing, control was lost and the airplane veered off runway before coming to rest. All three pilots were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-16 in Afula: 17 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1967
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Habbaniyah - Habbaniyah
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
17
Circumstances:
On a mission against the Israeli air base of Ramat David when missed the target, bombed the town of Netanya instead (hitting the main street and injuring a number of civilians). Was shot down by 40 mm Bofors L/70 anti-aircraft guns of the Israeli Unit 881 while at low altitude and crashed into a military storage complex hidden within a pine forest located west of Afula. All 6 crew, among them Captain Hussein Mohammad Husseini, and 11 or 14 Israeli reservists on the ground were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by Israel antiaircraft battery.

Crash of a Nord 2501D Noratlas in Mitzpe Ramon: 9 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1964
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4X-FAD/044
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Mitzpe Ramon - Mitzpe Ramon
MSN:
150
YOM:
1957
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Mitzpe Ramon Airfield. While on approach, the airplane struck a mountain and was destroyed upon impact. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
Hagay Gilboa, pilot,
Shlomo Tzlil, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.65 Consul in Lod

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1961
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
4X-AEN
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Tel Aviv - Lod
MSN:
5132
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reason, the aircraft belly landed at Lod Airport (now Ben Gurion) in Tel Aviv. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv. Both crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.