Dornier DO228 crash, Jul 30, 1998 (9 killed), Cochin
Dornier DO228 accident on July 30, 1998 near Cochin, Kerala, India with 9 fatalities. Cause: Uncommanded nose-down movement of the trimmable horizontal...
- Date: July 30, 1998
- Aircraft: Dornier DO228
- Location: Cochin, Kerala, India
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Uncommanded nose-down movement of the trimmable horizontal stabilizer, caused by a partly detached actuator bearing support fitting missing required fasteners, with poor maintenance practices as a contributing factor.
An Alliance Air Dornier 228 took off from Cochin on a scheduled flight and pitched up steeply to near vertical at about 400 feet. It then crashed onto a building of the Naval Aircraft Yard and burned. Six aboard and three people in the building were killed, and six others on the ground were slightly hurt.