AP-AUR - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AUR

Certificate of Registration Number:

392

Registration Date:

October 1966

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200

Construction Number:

10307

Line Number:

Year Built:

1966

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First Flight:

September 12, 1966

Test Flight Registration:

PH-FKB

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Previous Operator:

Fate:

Damaged beyond repair June 16, 2004

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 10307. Registered in the Netherlands as PH-FKB, N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek (KNV) Fokker, September 8, 1966. First flight on September 12, 1966. Registration PH-FKB cancelled on September 17, 1966. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AUR and delivered to PIA. AP-AUR painted in Libyan Arab Airlines livery and leased out to Libyan Arab Airlines, July 1972. Aircraft returned to PIA, April 1976. On June 16, 2004, AP-AUR was operating PIA scheduled passenger flight PK-660 from Peshawar to Chitral when it was damaged beyond repair during landing at Chitral Airport. All 4 crew members and 36 passengers survived the accident. The Fokker landed too far up the runway leaving little space for itself to slow down on the runway. The aircraft did not stop on the runway, and overshot the area of the airport. It slipped into nearby fields as all its tyres burst with a loud noise. The accident caused damage to aircraft's landing gear, engines and nose section. The aircraft was declared a write-off and withdrawn from service after the accident. Registration AP-AUR removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on October 20, 2004. Aircraft used as coffee shop at Hindukush Heights Hotel, Chitral.

Photo:

Fokker F27 Friendship Mk 200

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (registration AP-AUR)