Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
03APR2008 at 1100LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Registration
 
PZ-TSO
Location
 
Benzdorp
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
Paramaribo - Lawa
 
Construction number
 
1AJ007-17
Year of manufacture
 
1990
     
Crew on board
 
2
Pax on board
 
17
Crew fatalities
 
2
Pax fatalities
 
17
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
19

Circumstances
   
 
While approaching Lawa-Antino airport, the crew was informed that another airplane was on the runway at that time. The crew elected to perform a go around procedure but the aircraft hit a wooded hillside and crashed. All 19 occupants were killed. At the time, it is the worst accident involving a PZL-Mielec AN-28.
   


© BAAA/ACRO 2000-2010. All rights reserved. Tous droits réservés