Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 23 October 1986
Aircraft Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator: Pakistan International Airlines – PIA
Registration Number: AP-AUX
Location: 10 km S of Peshawar Airport (PEW) –
ÿ Pakistan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 54
Component Affected: Aircraft airspeedAircraft airspeed
Category: Accident
An aircraft under-reduced airspeed during a nighttime approach impacted a ditch, resulting in a breakup and subsequent inverted landing. The pilot?s distraction while monitoring the height caused the aircraft to descend below the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) of 400 feet.An aircraft under-reduced airspeed during a nighttime approach impacted a ditch, resulting in a breakup and subsequent inverted landing. The pilot?s distraction while monitoring the height caused the aircraft to descend below the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) of 400 feet.
Description
The aircraft undershot runway 35 during a night time approach, impacted the edge of a ditch, broke up and eventually came to rest inverted. The co-pilot, who was under route check, let the aircraft descend below the MDA of 400 feet. The pilot was distracted from monitoring the height because he was attempting to talk to the co-pilot into correcting the approach.
Primary Cause
Pilot distraction while monitoring height during approach.Pilot distraction while monitoring height during approach.Share on:
