DCA13WA041

NTSB accident investigation · Fokker 100 · Heho, Myanmar (Burma) · December 25, 2012

Accident · Serious injuriesForeign investigation
Date
December 25, 2012, 03:00 local (03:00 UTC)
Place
Heho, Myanmar (Burma)
Injuries
11 serious, 62 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
XY-AGCFokker 100
Defining event
Approach-IFR final approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
86066

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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.

Factual narrative

On December 25, 2102, at 08:50 local time, a Fokker 100, registration XY-AGC operated by Air Bagan as flight W9-11 crashed short of the runway at Heho Myanmar (Burma). The flight was a scheduled passenger flight from Mandalay. There was one fatality and eleven serious injuries among the 63 passengers, 6 crew and 2 security personnel onboard. A motorist riding a motorbike on the road was killed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The accident is being investigated by the Myanmar's Accident Investigation Board (MAIB), who requested recorder assistance from the Australian Transportation Safety Board (ATSB), who, due to damage to the recorders, have in turn requested assistance from the NTSB and Honeywell, the recorder manufacturer.

Aircraft

Registration
XY-AGC
Reported as
Fokker 100
Damage
Substantial damage
Fire
On-Ground
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Air Bagan