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1998 aviation accident

PauknAir Flight 4101
Accident
The aircraft involved in the accident, April 1997 at Malaga Airport
Date	25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Boumahfouda, Morocco 35°24′53″N 002°58′29″W / 35.41472°N 2.97472°W / 35.41472; -2.97472
Aircraft
Aircraft type	British Aerospace 146
Operator	PauknAir
ICAO flight No.	PNR4101
Registration	EC-GEO
Flight origin	Málaga Airport
Destination	Melilla Airport
Occupants	38
Passengers	34
Crew	4
Fatalities	38
Survivors	0

PauknAir Flight 4101 was a British Aerospace 146 that crashed on a flight from Málaga, Spain, to the Spanish North African exclave of Melilla on 25 September 1998. All 38 passengers and crew on board the aircraft were killed in the accident.

The aircraft

The aircraft, a British Aerospace 146 series 100 (BAe 146-100), made its first flight in 1983 and was the seventh BAe 146 built and was originally delivered to British Airways and it was transferred to Dan-Air London a year later. After the aircraft spent several years in storage, PauknAir took over the aircraft when the airline commenced operations in September 1995.

Accident

The aircraft took off from runway 14 at Malaga's Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport at 8:23 AM Spanish time on 25 September 1998. On board were 34 passengers and a crew of four. The flight was under the command of 39-year old Captain Diego Clavero Muñoz and 28-year old First Officer Bartolomé Jiménez. The flight proceeded normally, without any problems and with fair weather conditions.

The descent began at 8:41 Melilian time (6:41 Moroccan time). In the area of Cape Tres Forcas (the headland on which Melilla is situated), low visibility is common, as clouds accumulate between the valleys formed by the steep mountains of the cape. The descent continued in Instrument meteorological conditions. In communications with air traffic controllers, the pilot complained of the fog. Some of his last words were: "I see nothing".

At 6:49, there were two terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS, also known as GPWS) alerts of "terrain" in the cockpit, which indicates that the aircraft was too low. At 6:50, the aircraft impacted terrain at 886-foot (270 m) elevation and broke up. The accident investigation concluded "Given the facts and analysis conducted, the Commission concluded that the accident was caused by a collision with terrain in IMC. This confirms the hypothesis put forward by members of the committee of investigation from the beginning of their investigations, it is a type of CFIT accident (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) due to a combination of several factors:

Non-application of the arrival procedure, including descending below the minimum safe altitude
Inadequate crew coordination
Non-application of company procedures regarding GPWS alarm."

References

"History of BAe 146 c/no. 1007". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
"Informe oficial del accidente" [Official accident report] (PDF). copac.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2021-04-28. - This is a Spanish translation. The original French report is here.

External links

Una nueva tragedia aérea se cobra 38 vidas (Archive) (in Spanish) - Summary of the accident

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1998 (1998)
Feb 2 Cebu Pacific Flight 387Feb 3 Cavalese cable car crashFeb 12 Sudan Air Force crashFeb 16 China Airlines Flight 676Mar 18 Formosa Airlines Flight 7623Mar 19 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashMar 22 Philippine Airlines Flight 137Apr 20 Air France Flight 422May 5 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crashMay 25 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544May 26 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crashJun 18 Propair Flight 420Jun 28 United Airlines Flight 863Jul 30 Indian Airlines Flight 503Jul 30 Proteus Airlines Flight 706Aug 5 Korean Air Flight 8702Aug 24 Myanma Airways Flight 635Aug 29 Cubana de Aviación Flight 389Sep 2 Swissair Flight 111Sep 25 PauknAir Flight 4101Sep 29 Lionair Flight 602Oct 10 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crashDec 11 Thai Airways International Flight 261
1997 ◄ ► 1999

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1998 (1998)

Feb 2 Cebu Pacific Flight 387Feb 3 Cavalese cable car crashFeb 12 Sudan Air Force crashFeb 16 China Airlines Flight 676Mar 18 Formosa Airlines Flight 7623Mar 19 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashMar 22 Philippine Airlines Flight 137Apr 20 Air France Flight 422May 5 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crashMay 25 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544May 26 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crashJun 18 Propair Flight 420Jun 28 United Airlines Flight 863Jul 30 Indian Airlines Flight 503Jul 30 Proteus Airlines Flight 706Aug 5 Korean Air Flight 8702Aug 24 Myanma Airways Flight 635Aug 29 Cubana de Aviación Flight 389Sep 2 Swissair Flight 111Sep 25 PauknAir Flight 4101Sep 29 Lionair Flight 602Oct 10 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crashDec 11 Thai Airways International Flight 261

1997 ◄ ► 1999

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Morocco
1950s–1960s	French hijacking of the FLN plane (October 1956) ČSA Flight 511 (July 1961) Air France Flight 2005 (September 1961)
1970s	Berrechid crash (April 1970) Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash (December 1973) Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash (August 1975)
1980s–1990s	T&G Aviation DC-7 incident* (December 1988) Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 (August 1994) PauknAir Flight 4101 (September 1998)
21st century	Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash (July 2011)
Asterisks (*) = occurred in the Western Sahara

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