Fokker 100 crash, Mar 5, 1993 (83 killed), Skopje
Fokker 100 accident on March 5, 1993 near Skopje, Skopje City District, Macedonia with 83 fatalities. Cause: Loss of roll control from ice on the wings...
- Date: March 5, 1993
- Aircraft: Fokker 100
- Location: Skopje, Skopje City District, Macedonia
- Fatalities: 83
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of roll control from ice on the wings after takeoff without de-icing or anti-icing, caused by crew and engineer lack of ice awareness and poor coordination in a multi-source operating environment.
Palair Macedonian flight PMK301 to Zurich crashed seconds after takeoff from Skopje in light snow. Wing contamination with ice, which had not been de-iced, caused a loss of roll control; the right wing struck the ground at about 90 degrees of bank and the aircraft broke up and burned. Of 97 people aboard, 83 died and 14 survived.