Ilyushin II-62 crash, Jul 24, 2009 (16 killed), Mashhad
Ilyushin II-62 accident on July 24, 2009 near Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran with 16 fatalities. Cause: Weak cockpit coordination and crew mistakes...
- Date: July 24, 2009
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-62
- Location: Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Weak cockpit coordination and crew mistakes during an unstabilized approach: reversers and spoilers were not used correctly, the EGPWS warning was ignored, and the approach speed was too high for the runway available.
An Aria Air Il-62 operated under an ACMI arrangement landed long on runway 13L at Mashhad on a scheduled flight from Tehran, did not slow sufficiently, and ran off the far end. The aircraft crossed the surrounding roads and struck a boundary wall and power lines before stopping, and 16 people were killed. Investigators pointed to crew coordination failures, weak approach discipline and ignored terrain warnings.