Date: December 25, 1956

Time: 11:30 AM

Type: Convair CV-240-5

Registration: AP-AHO

C/n: 42

Year built: 1948

Crew: 0 fatalities/6 on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/34 on board

Total: 0 fatalities/40 on board

Location: Bombay (India)

Phase: Final Approach

Nature: Scheduled Passenger

Flight: Karachi - Bombay

Flight number:

Remarks: While approaching Bombay-Santa Cruz runway 27, the CV-240 was struck by a Stinson L-5 Sentinel (VT-CAR) which had just taken off from Bombay-Juhu. The Stinson crashed, killing both occupants, but the CV-240 landed safely. Rudder of Convair was damaged in this incident.

Source: ASN

Date: July 1, 1957

Time: 9:17 AM

Type: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3 Dakota)

Registration: AP-AJS

C/n: 12501

Year built: 1944

Crew: 4 fatalities/4 on board

Passengers: 20 fatalities/20 on board

Total: 24 fatalities/24 on board

Location: Off Charlakhi Island (Pakistan)

Phase: Cruise

Nature: Scheduled Passenger

Flight: Chittagong - Dacca

Flight number:

Remarks: The DC-3 departed from Chittagong Airport at 9:05 AM for one-hour flight to Dacca. Last communication with aircraft was made at 9:17 AM before it crashed on tidal flats in the Bay of Bengal. The wreckage was found on July 4, 1957, on the coast of Charlakhi Island about 14 miles south-east of Noakhali and 50 miles west of Chittagong.

Probable cause: "The aircraft crashed after penetrating a thunderstorm and breaking up due to excessive forces placed upon the airframe".

Date: May 15, 1958

Time: 8:10 PM

Type: Convair CV -240-7

Registration: AP-AEH

C/n: 52

Year built: 1948

Crew: 4 fatalities/6 on board

Passengers: 17 fatalities/32 on board

Total: 21 fatalities/38 on board

Ground casualties: 2 fatalities

Location: Delhi-Palam (India)

Phase: Initial Climb

Nature: Scheduled Passenger

Flight: Delhi - Karachi

Flight number: PK-205

Remarks: The Convair descended and struck ground after take off at night from Delhi-Palam Airport. The aircraft crashed outside airport boundary fence.

Probable cause: "The captain did not properly observe and interpret his flight instruments and thus inadvertently permitted the aircraft to descend to the ground immediately after a night take off during which no visual reference was possible. A contributory factor may have been the slow reactions of captain due to his state of health".

Source: ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (135-138)

Date: May 18, 1959

Time:

Type: Vickers Viscount 815

Registration: AP-AJC

C/n: 335

Year built: 1958

Crew: 0 fatalities/8 on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/33 on board

Total: 0 fatalities/41 on board

Location: Rawalpindi Airport (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing

Nature: Scheduled Passenger

Flight: Karachi - Lahore - Rawalpindi - Peshawar

Flight number:

Remarks: The Viscount skidded sideways off the runway into a monsoon ditch when the pilot tried to turn the aircraft (ground loop?) at the end of the runway. The undercarriage folded up sideways and one wing was broken.

Date: August 14, 1959

Time: 10:14 PM

Type: Vickers Viscount 815

Registration: AP-AJE

C/n: 337

Year built: 1959

Crew: 2 fatalities/3 on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/0 on board

Total: 2 fatalities/3 on board

Location: Karachi (Pakistan)

Phase: Go around

Nature: Training

Flight: Karachi - Karachi

Flight number: -

Remarks: The PIA Viscount took off from Karachi at 7:30 PM for a training flight. The aircraft returned to Karachi at 9:39 PM and took off again at 9:48 PM for further training. At 10:07 PM the crew were cleared to land. The aircraft (probably carrying out an ILS approach) was not properly lined up with the runway, so a go around was carried out. On the second time, the Viscount was seen flying very low over the runway with engines no. 3 and 4 inoperative. During the overshoot, Viscount yawed almost 90 degree to starboard, causing the right wing to strike a blast pen wall. The aircraft then crashed in flames.

Probable cause: "The trainee captain attempted a maneuver in disregard of the prescribed limitations of such maneuver. A two-engine overshoot was attempted at a very low height and below the prescribed minimum speed, when the aircraft was committed to a landing. This resulted in violent yaw and sharp drop which could not be controlled. The training captain was conversant with the minimum requirements of a two-engine overshoot of a Viscount 815 aircraft but appears to have overestimated its performance".

Source: ICAO  Circular 64-AN/58 (33-34)

Date: January 29, 1960

Time:

Type: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3 Dakota)

Registration: AP-ABC

C/n: 6069

Year built: 1942

Crew: 0 fatalities/3 on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/0 on board

Total: 0 fatalities/3 on board

Location: Nagpur (India)

Phase: Final Approach

Nature: Ferry

Flight: Dacca - Nagpur

Flight number:

Remarks: While on final approach to Sonegaon Airport, Nagpur, a glider crossed the flight path of the DC-3. While trying to avoid a collision, the right wing of the DC-3 struck the glider. The glider crashed out of control, but the DC-3 landed safely.

Probable cause: "Unauthorized launching and subsequent maneuvering of the glider ahead of the powered aircraft when it was on its final approach to land".

Source: ASN

Date: March 22, 1961

Time:

Type: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3 Dakota)

Registration: AP-AAC

C/n: 9543

Year built: 1943

Crew: 0 fatalities/5 on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/8 on board

Total: 0 fatalities/13 on board

Location: Paksey (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing

Nature: Proving Flight

Flight: - Paksey

Flight number:

Remarks: The DC-3 on proving flight crashed during landing at Paksey airstrip, Pabna. All five crew members and eight officials of the airline aboard the aircraft remained safe but the aircraft was damaged and withdrawn from use.

Probable cause:

Date: June 25, 1964

Time:

Type: Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200

Registration: AP-ALO

C/n: 10165

Year built: 1961

Total airframe hours: 7016hours

Cycles: 8325 cycles

Crew: 0 fatalities/4 on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/22 on board

Total: 0 fatalities/26 on board

Location: Dacca International Airport (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Chittagong - Dacca

Flight number:

Remarks: The Fokker F27 was approaching Dacca when a line squall passed over the airport. After crossing the runway threshold, the plane encountered severe gusts and limited visibility. The aircraft stalled and landed very heavily, causing both wings to break off.

Source: Willem Wendt

Date: March 26, 1965

Time:

Type: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3 Dakota)

Registration: AP-AAH

C/n: 12089

Year built: 1943

Crew: 4 fatalities/4 on board

Passengers: 18 fatalities/22 on board

Total: 22 fatalities/26 on board

Location: Lowari Pass (Pakistan)

Phase: Cruise

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Peshawar - Chitral

Flight number:

Remarks: Crashed near 9000 feet high Lowari Pass near Dir. The DC-3 had departed from Peshawar Airport at 10:30 AM.