Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 9 June 1996
Aircraft Type: Boeing 727-286
Owner/operator: Iran Air
Registration Number: EP-IRU
Location: 5 km W of Rasht Airport (RAS) – ÿ Iran
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Aircraft undercarriageAircraft undercarriage
Category: Accident
A Boeing 727-286 operated by Iran Air experienced a catastrophic accident during a training flight at Rasht Airport, Iran. The aircraft initiated a series of control inputs, including a touch-and-go, a slide, and contact with a rice field, resulting in a fire and subsequent breakup. The fire impacted critical aircraft systems, leading to pilot control difficulties and a fatal accident with four crew members.A Boeing 727-286 operated by Iran Air experienced a catastrophic accident during a training flight at Rasht Airport, Iran. The aircraft initiated a series of control inputs, including a touch-and-go, a slide, and contact with a rice field, resulting in a fire and subsequent breakup. The fire impacted critical aircraft systems, leading to pilot control difficulties and a fatal accident with four crew members.

Description

A Boeing 727-286 operated by Iran Air was destroyed in an accident during a training flight. The aircraft took off from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, Iran at 12:33 local time on a flight to Rasht Airport. After the 15th touch-and-go the aircraft landed on runway 09 with the undercarriage retracted. The aircraft slid about 2100 m before it became airborne again. A fire developed in the rear fuselage as the aircraft circled the airport. The undercarriage was deployed manually and the flight was cleared for runway 09. The fire affected aircraft systems, causing the pilot to experience control difficulties. The left hand wing contacted the ground after which the aircraft impacted a rice field. The airplane broke up, killing four of the seven crew members. Causes of accident are as follows: 1) Sufficient attention has not been paid by flight crew to the gears up warning horn before landing on rwy. 2) F/C has not complied with reading landing check list. 3) Lack of cockpit resource management. 4) The PIC has forgotien to make gears down. 5) A/C body friction on rwy about 30 seconds and 2100 meters distance . 6) Continuous flight with no consideration to fire and smoke for 9:30 7) Subsequently a/c lost it’s vital systems.

Primary Cause

Insufficient attention to gears up warning horn prior to landing on the runway, failure to comply with the landing check list, lack of cockpit resource management, the PIC forgetting to make gears down, and a prolonged flight with insufficient consideration to fire and smoke.Insufficient attention to gears up warning horn prior to landing on the runway, failure to comply with the landing check list, lack of cockpit resource management, the PIC forgetting to make gears down, and a prolonged flight with insufficient consideration to fire and smoke.

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