Northern District | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

After landing on runway 33 at Rosh Pina Airport, the captain thought the thrust reverser systems did not work properly so he instructed the copilot to activate them again. The aircraft failed to decelerate correctly so the captain decided to veer off runway when the aircraft struck a concrete block, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. All eight occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Runway 33 at Rosh Pina Airport is 1,100 metres long with a displaced threshold, giving a landing distance available of 975 metres. It was determined that the crew never land in the past at this airport and due to a poor flight preparation and planning, failed to identify that the runway length was insufficient for such type of aircraft in such flight configuration. No malfunction was found on the thrust reversers.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130H Hercules in Ayoun

Date & Time: Dec 1, 1987

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Operator:

Registration:

4X-FBU/448

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

4680

YOM:

1976

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The four engine airplane was engaged in a training exercise. While landing in ad hoc airfield, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest. There were no casualties.

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

Date & Time: May 2, 1976

Type of aircraft:

Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain

Operator:

Kanaf-Arkia Airlines

Registration:

4X-CCA

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

31-7405140

YOM:

1974

Location:

Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee)

Northern District

Country:

Israel

Region:

Asia

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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 an IAI 1123 Westwind in Beit She'an

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1970

Type of aircraft:

IAI 1124 Westwind

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Registration:

4X-COJ

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Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv

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1965

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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 Tupolev TU-16 in Afula: 17 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1967

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-16

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Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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City

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Habbaniyah - Habbaniyah

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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 Grumman G-44A Widgeon in the Lake Tiberias: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1948 at 1620 LT

Type of aircraft:

Grumman G-44 Widgeon

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Registration:

B-73

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

1426

Location:

Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee)

Northern District

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Israel

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Asia

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The crew was performing a training flight when the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances while trying to land in Lake Tiberias. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oliver Holton, instructor,
Ralph Moster, pilot.
Passenger:
Alvin Levin.

Crash of a Douglas DC-5-511 in Ramat-David AFB

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1948

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-5

Operator:

Registration:

1501

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

426

YOM:

1939

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Landed hard at Ramat-David AFB and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The exact date of the occurrence remains unknown, the mishap happened in October 1948.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide in Afula: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1936

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide

Operator:

Registration:

G-AEGS

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Executive/Corporate/Business

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Haifa - Afula

MSN:

6335

YOM:

1936

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Upon landing, the twin engine airplane went out of control, overturned and came to rest upside down. Two passengers were killed while four other occupants were injured.