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The crew was completing a local training flight at Tehran consisting of material, equipment and soldiers dropping. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances, killing all nine occupants.

Crash of an Avro 685 York C.1 in Tehran

Date & Time: May 27, 1960

Type of aircraft:

Avro 685 York

Operator:

Registration:

OD-ACD

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Tehran – Beirut

MSN:

MW138

YOM:

1944

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Crashed on takeoff at Mehrabad Airport for unknown reason. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all three crew members were injured.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-20-DK in Tehran

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1953 at 1135 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

EP-ACV

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Tehran - Tehran

MSN:

12919

YOM:

1944

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The aircraft, engaged on a copilot's check in instrument flying and one engine flying, took off from Mehrabad Airport at 0909LT with a Captain acting as check pilot, four copilots under test and a flight engineer. Difficulties were met in feathering and unfeathering during the first flight and the aircraft returned to the apron for advice. The aircraft took off again at 1048 LT for further checks. At approximately 1129LT and at 6,700 feet the port propeller was feathered. A few minutes later the port propeller overspeeded when the Captain tried to unfeather it and, despite repeated efforts, the crew did not succeed in unfeathering or refeathering it and it continued to windmill at about 2100 RPM. Height could not be maintained and the aircraft crash landed in open country 1,500 meters short of Runway 11 at Mehrabad Airport. The aircraft was wrecked causing serious injuries to three occupants and minor injuries to the other three.

Probable cause:

The Investigation Committee finds that the probable cause of the accident was that, with the left propeller windmilling, the right propeller did not develop sufficient thrust to enable an emergency landing to be carried out on Runway 11 at Mehrabad Airport. The Committee has concluded that this was caused by mishandling of the controls by one or more of the flight crew members since the Committee has not found any evidence of malfunctioning of the right engine or of its propeller.

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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-35-DL in Tehran: 27 killed

Date & Time: Dec 25, 1952

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

EP-ACJ

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Abadan – Téhéran

MSN:

9692

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1943

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While descending to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in limited visibility due to heavy fog, the crew was instructed by ATC to divert to Isfahan Airport. The pilot-in-command abandoned the approach and modified his route, while confirming to ATC that his fuel reserves were insufficient to cover the distance. Few minutes later, the crew informed ATC that he was short of fuel and elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a field located about 7 km from Mehrabad Airport. Rescuers arrived on scene two hours later and were able to evacuate two passengers who were seriously injured, all 27 other occupants have been killed.

Probable cause:

The accident was caused by a fuel exhaustion. The lack of visibility due to foggy conditions was considered as a contributory factor, as well as the fact that the crew miscalculated the necessary fuel quantity to possibly fly to an alternate airport.

Crash of a SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc near Tehran: 22 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1951

Type of aircraft:

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc

Operator:

Registration:

SU-AHH

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Cairo – Baghdad – Tehran

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1948

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While descending to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, the crew was informed by ATC that a landing was not possible due to low visibility caused by snow falls and was vectored to follow a holding pattern. After completing two circuits, the crew started a second approach when the four engine aircraft crashed about 10 km west of the airport. All 22 occupants were killed. The assumption of a loss of control caused by a fuel exhaustion is not ruled out.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-30-DL in Tehran: 9 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1950

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

EP-AAG

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Positioning

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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9813

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1943

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Shortly after takeoff from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed. All nine occupants were killed, among them seven crew members who were positioning to Saudi Arabia to make a crew change on another aircraft.