Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Oct 23, 1986 (13 killed), Pe...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on October 23, 1986 near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan with 13 fatalities. Cause: The copilot, under a route...
- Date: October 23, 1986
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The copilot, under a route check, continued the approach below the minimum descent altitude and did not initiate a go around.
A PIA Fokker F27 Friendship 600 registered AP-AUX on flight PK672 from Lahore descended below the minimum descent altitude during a night approach to Peshawar and struck the ground about 10 km short of Runway 35. The aircraft broke up and came to rest inverted. Thirteen of the 54 people aboard were killed and 41 others were injured.