AP-ALN - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ALN

Certificate of Registration Number:

266

Registration Date:

January 1961

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200

Construction Number:

10164

Line Number:

Year Built:

1960

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

December 12, 1960

Test Flight Registration:

PH-FCC

Delivery Date:

January 19, 1961

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Damaged beyond repair on July 5, 1994

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 10164. Built in 1960. Registered in the Netherlands as PH-FCC, N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek (KNV) Fokker, December 20, 1960. First flight on December 12, 1960. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ALN for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Delivered to PIA on January 19, 1961. Registration PH-FCC cancelled on January 26, 1961. On July 5, 1994, AP-ALN was operating PIA flight PK-684 from Islamabad to Dera Ismail Khan with 4 four crew members and 38 passengers onboard. The flight crew were faced with no.1 engine problems on final approach. The approach was continued, but poor alignment with the runway forced the crew to go-around. The no.2 engine was set at full power and gears and flaps were retracted, but the aircraft continued to lose height. A turn was made to avoid a river and the F27 touched down in a paddy field. The aircraft slid for 300m before colliding with a tree. All 4 crew members and 38 passengers survived the accident. Aircraft damaged beyond repair. Registration AP-ALN removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on September 21, 1994.

Photo:

Fokker F27 Friendship Mk 200

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (registration AP-ALN)