Crash of an ATR72-500 in Sandoway

Date & Time: Feb 17, 2012 at 1030 LT
Type of aircraft:
ATR72-500
Operator:
Registration:
XY-AIT
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Heho - Sandoway
MSN:
543
YOM:
1998
Flight number:
KBZ243
Location:
Sandoway
Rakhine State
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
50
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful flight from Heho, the aircraft bounced six times upon landing on runway 20. The final touchdown was reported some 1,500 feet past its threshold. The last bounce was very rough so the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft the skidded on runway and overran. On soft ground, both main landing gears collapsed and the aircraft hit a sand pile before coming to rest. while all 54 occupants escaped uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair as some blade of the right engine penetrated the fuselage after they hit the sand pile. It appears that the copilot was the PIC at the time of the accident.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 600 in Sandoway: 16 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1998 at 1145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F27 Friendship
Operator:
Registration:
XY-AES
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Sandoway – Kyaukpyu
MSN:
10576
YOM:
1978
Flight number:
UB403
Location:
Sandoway
Rakhine State
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
41
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
After takeoff from runway 02, while in initial climb, the right engine apparently failed. The aircraft rolled to the right, lost height and struck a concrete wall. Out of control, it crashed, broken into several pieces and bursting into flames. A crew member and 15 passengers were killed. No technical anomalies were found on both engines, braking systems, tyres and landing gear.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 400 in Sandoway

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1981
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F27 Friendship
Operator:
Registration:
XY-ADN
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Sandoway - Sandoway
MSN:
10312
YOM:
1966
Location:
Sandoway
Rakhine State
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
28306
Aircraft flight cycles:
28058
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training mission at Sandoway Airport. After touchdown on a wet runway due to heavy rain falls, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-20-DK off Sandoway: 28 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1972
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
XY-ACM
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Sandoway - Yangon
MSN:
15534/26979
YOM:
1944
Location:
Sandoway
Rakhine State
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
27
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
28
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Sandoway Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea (Gulf of Bengal). Three passengers were rescued while 28 other occupants were killed.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Sandoway

Date & Time: Feb 9, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
VR-HDX
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Sandoway
Rakhine State
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on approach to Sandoway Airport. The aircraft was written off but there were no casualties.

Crash of a Fokker F7b/3m in Sandoway: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F7
Operator:
Registration:
PH-AEO
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris
MSN:
5096
YOM:
1929
Location:
Sandoway
Rakhine State
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
En route from Yangon to Akyab, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a river near Akyab, Burma. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Claude Beauregard, pilot,
Ange Bourgeois, pilot,
Olivier Leroux, radio navigator,
Pierre Patard, engineer.
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