Fokker 100 crash, Jan 2, 2008, Tehran-Mehrabad
Fokker 100 accident on January 2, 2008 near Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran with no fatalities. Cause: Aerodynamic stall after liftoff...
- Date: January 2, 2008
- Aircraft: Fokker 100
- Location: Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Aerodynamic stall after liftoff caused by contaminated wings that had not been deiced, with poor crew resource management, poor flight preparation and the operator's limited winter operations knowledge as contributing factors.
An Iran Air Fokker 100 on scheduled flight IR235 from Tehran Mehrabad to Shiraz took off in light snow without being deiced. It rolled left and right after liftoff, its left wing struck the ground, and it crash landed and caught fire. All 113 occupants were rescued, 11 of them seriously injured.