Sindh (سنڌ سندھ)

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Delivery

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MSN:

LD-194

YOM:

1975

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Crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching Karachi-Quaid-e-Azam Airport following a delivery flight from UK. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 200 in Karachi: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1978

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F27 Friendship

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Registration:

AP-ATO

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Flight Type:

Training

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Karachi - Karachi

MSN:

10250

YOM:

1964

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Aircraft flight hours:

30260

Aircraft flight cycles:

38666

Circumstances:

The crew was completing a local training mission at Karachi-Quaid-e-Azam Airport consisting of stall tests. On final approach, both engines lost power simultaneously and the aircraft stalled. The crew elected to regain control but the airplane crashed. The copilot was seriously injured while the captain was killed.

Probable cause:

Overtemperature of both engines, resulting in their simultaneous failure. This was caused by malfunction of the contact switches of No.1 engine propeller automatic flight safety pitch lock withdrawal system and the pilot's failure to withdraw the locks manually by placing the HP fuel cock levers in the 'lockout' position.

Crash of a Dornier DO.28B-1 in Karachi

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1967

Type of aircraft:

Dornier DO.28A/B

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Registration:

D-IBUH

Flight Type:

Private

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Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair

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3090

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in Karachi. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair in Karachi: 13 killed

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1967

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Registration:

F-BMHU

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Karachi - Tokyo

MSN:

4/10338

YOM:

1962

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Shortly after takeoff, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height when it struck a bridge over Drig Road and crashed. All six crew members and seven people on the ground were killed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the right engine during initial climb while the left engine did not provide sufficient power.

Crash of a Vickers 815 Viscount in Karachi: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1959 at 2214 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viscount

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Registration:

AP-AJE

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Flight Type:

Training

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Karachi - Karachi

MSN:

337

YOM:

1959

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The aircraft took off from Karachi at 14:30 GMT for a training flight. The aircraft returned to Karachi at 16:39 and took off again at 16:48 for further training. At 17:07 the crew were cleared to land. The aircraft (probably carrying out an ILS approach) was not properly lined up with the runway, so a go around was carried out. On the second time, the Viscount was seen flying very low over the runway with the engines no. 3 and 4 inoperative. During the overshoot, the Viscount yawed almost 90° to starboard, causing the right wing to strike a blast pen wall. The aircraft then crashed in flames. Two crew members were killed while the third occupants was injured. Christened 'City of Dacca', the airplane had been delivered just 5 months prior to the accident.

Probable cause:

The trainee captain attempted a manoeuvre in disregard of the prescribed limitations of such a manoeuvre. A two-engine overshoot was attempted at a very low height and below the prescribed minimum speed, when the aircraft was committed to a landing. This resulted in a violent yaw and sharp drop which could not be controlled. The training captain was conversant with the minimum requirements of a two-engine overshoot of the Viscount 815 aircraft but appears to have overestimated his performance.

Crash of a Vickers 610 Viking 1B in Karachi

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1957

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viking

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Registration:

CR-IAD

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Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Goa – Karachi

MSN:

215

YOM:

1947

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Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes

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After touchdown at Karachi-Quaid-e-Azam Airport, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with the fire brigade building. All 27 occupants were evacuated and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes IV/A at Faisal AFB

Date & Time: Aug 5, 1956

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G-ALDK

Flight Phase:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Faisal AFB (Mehran NAS) (ex RAF Drigh Road) (Karachi)

Schedule:

London – Karachi

MSN:

81/12

YOM:

1950

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De Havilland DH.106 Comet

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The approach to Karachi International Airport was attempted in poor weather conditions and a limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. On final, the left windshield wiper failed and the crew did not realized he was approaching Faisal AFB runway 08 instead of Karachi-Intl Airpor runway 07, when the airplane struck the ground and crashed short of runway threshold at Faisal Airbase (Drigh Road). All 72 occupants were evacuated safely while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

An undershooting of the runway 07 selected for landing attributable to the failure of the aircraft's left windshield wiper. The secondary cause was a mistake in confusing runway 08 at PAF airfield Drigh Road, with runway 07 at Karachi Airport (the latter being the correct runway for use) when landing in meteorological conditions below those recommended as minima by the Pakistan Department of Civil Aviation.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.106 Comet 1A in Mauripur: 11 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1953 at 0335 LT

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CF-CUN

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Demonstration

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London – Rome – Beirut – Karachi – Yangon – Jakarta – Darwin – Sydney

MSN:

6014

YOM:

1952

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Mauripur AFB (Karachi)

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De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth

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The crew (five flying crew and six De Havilland engineers) were conducting a demo flight from London to Sydney to show this new jetliner to potential clients in Southeast Asia and Oceania. While taking off from runway 25 (2,500 meters long) at Mauripur Airbase, the airplane failed to get airborne, overran, hit several obstacles, went through a perimeter fence and eventually crashed in flames in a small river. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and all 11 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The accident was caused by the fact that the nose of the aircraft was lifted too high during the takeoff run, resulting in a partially stalled condition and excessive drag. This did not permit normal acceleration and prevented the aircraft from becoming airborne within the prescribed distance. The pilot appears to have realised that the nose was excessively high and took corrective action, but this was done too late to prevent the aircraft striking an obstruction immediately beyond the perimeter fence before it became airborne. The following factor was considered as contributory: the pilot, who had only limited experience in the Comet aircraft, elected to takeoff at night at the maximum permissible takeoff for the prevailing conditions. The circumstances required strict adherence to the prescribed takeoff technique, which was not complied with.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth in Mauripur

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1951

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Government of Sindh Province

Registration:

AP-ABQ

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Flight Type:

Training

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Mauripur - Mauripur

MSN:

FM.44

YOM:

1948

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Mauripur AFB (Karachi)

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