McDonnell Douglas MD-83 crash, Jan 28, 2016, Mashhad
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 accident on January 28, 2016 near Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran with no fatalities. Cause: Iranian investigation (as...
- Date: January 28, 2016
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Location: Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Iranian investigation (as summarized by BAAA): loss of control after touchdown from abnormal use of the reverse thrust by the captain, with low braking from rubber deposits and snow, failure to initiate a go around, and poor crew resource management. ASN gives a narrower translated cause of unusual use of the engine reversers contrary to operating instructions.
On 28 January 2016 a Zagros Airlines MD 83 (EP ZAB) on flight ZV4010 from Isfahan landed on runway 31R at Mashhad at night in snowfall and low visibility. After touchdown the captain used reverse thrust abnormally, the aircraft skidded and veered left off the runway, and it lost both main landing gears before stopping about 55 m left of the runway. All occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.