# NTSB DCA11WA069: Boeing 727, Urmia, Iran, January 9, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 9, 2011
- Place: Urmia, Iran
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR missed approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell, Boeing, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 80745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/80745/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA069

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-IFR missed approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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