- Date
- January 9, 2011
- Place
- Urmia, Iran
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- EP-IRPBoeing 727
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR missed approach: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell, Boeing, FAA
- Case key
- 80745
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
On January 9, 2011, an Iran Air Boeing B727-200, registration EP-IRP, crashed during missed approach to Orumiyeh Airport (OITR), Urmia, Iran. Of the 105 passengers and crew onboard, 78 were fataly injured and 27 received serious injuries. The airplane was enroute from Mehrabad International Airport (OIII), Tehran, Iran. The investigation is being conducted by the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran.
Aircraft
- Registration
- EP-IRP
- Reported as
- Boeing 727 (200)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Iran Air
- Registered owner
- Iran Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OIII · Tehran
- Destination
- OITR · Urmia
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OITR · Orumiyeh Airport