Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 15 August 2002
Aircraft Type: Shaanxi Y-8
Owner/operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
Registration Number: CR873
Location: Kalutara –
ÿ Sri Lanka
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: The engine component (not the replaced engine).The engine component (not the replaced engine).
Category: Accident
A Chinese Y-8 transport plane crashed into a paddy field after experiencing engine trouble during a test flight. One engine, not the one recently replaced, ignited and detached from the aircraft.A Chinese Y-8 transport plane crashed into a paddy field after experiencing engine trouble during a test flight. One engine, not the one recently replaced, ignited and detached from the aircraft.
Description
The Chinese built Y-8 transport plane taken off from the Ratmalana Airport at 12:25 pm on a test flight because one the engines had been changed. Ten minutes later the crew radioed that the flight had developed engine trouble. They tried to return, but the plane crashed into a paddy field and caught fire. Reportedly one engine (not the one that had been replaced) caught fire and broke away from the plane.
Primary Cause
Engine failure and subsequent separation of a component during a test flight.Engine failure and subsequent separation of a component during a test flight.Share on:
