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Date: | Friday 7 January 1983 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 727-86 |
Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
Registration: | EP-IRA |
MSN: | 19171/276 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) -
Iran
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:Control was lost during a high-speed taxi check. The aircraft ran off the side of the runway, causing severe damage to the undercarriage and fuselage. The taxi check was performed by 2 mechanics, instead of by a qualified flight crew.
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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA); July 1972
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