Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Statuts: | Préliminaire |
| Date: | 03 FEV 2005 |
| Heure: | ca 15:15 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Boeing 737-242 |
| Opérant pour: | Kam Air |
| Loué à : | Phoenix Aviation |
| Immatriculation: | EX-037 |
| Numéro de série: | 22075/630 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1980-01-04 (25 years 1 months) |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A (HK3) |
| Equipage: | victimes: 8 / à bord: 8 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 96 / à bord: 96 |
| Total: | victimes: 104 / à bord: 104 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 32 km (20 milles) ESE of Kabul (Afghanistan)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Herat Airport (HEA/OAHR), Afghanistan |
| Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan | |
| Numéro de vol: | 904 |
Kam Air flight 904 was approaching Kabul in extremely low visibility conditions. The airplane struck a ridgeline on an easterly heading near the crest of the Chaperi Ghar Mountain about 50 feet down from the very top. The mountain has an altitude of 11,000 feet. The wreckage was found after two days.
Sources:
» NTSB
» Reuters
Photos
N238TA was withdrawn from use in April 2004 and was bought by Phoenix Air as EX-037 in August. Kam Air started using the plane in November.
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 JAN 1980 | C-GNDR | Nordair | |
| 31 JAN 1981 | N8536Z | Wien Air Alaska | leased |
| 25 APR 1981 | C-GNDR | Nordair | returned |
| 02 JAN 1987 | C-GNDR | CP Air | airline merged |
| 26 APR 1987 | C-GNDR | Canadian Airlines International | airline merged |
| 25 JUL 1991 | N238TA | TACA International | leased |
| 01 DEC 1991 | N238TA | Aviateca | sub leased |
| 08 SEP 1992 | N238TA | TACA International | returned |
| 07 DEC 1992 | N238TA | LACSA | transferred |
| 20 AUG 1993 | N238TA | Ecuatoriana | sub leased |
| N238TA | TACA International | returned | |
| N238TA | LACSA | transferred | |
| 26 AUG 2004 | EX-037 | Phoenix Aviation | |
| 26 OCT 2004 | EX-037 | Kam Air | leased |
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Herat Airport et Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport est de 638 km (399 miles).
La distance entre Herat Airport et Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport est de 638 km (399 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
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