AP-BBA Registration Details
| Registration: | AP-BBA | ||||||
| Certificate of Registration Number: | 550 | ||||||
| Registration Date: | 1980 | ||||||
| Operator/Owner: | Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) | ||||||
| Aircraft Type: | Airbus A300B4-203 | ||||||
| Construction Number: | 114 | ||||||
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| Year Built: | 1980 | ||||||
| SelCal Code: | AG-EM | ||||||
| First Flight: | June 16, 1980 | ||||||
| Test Flight Registration: | F-WZEN | ||||||
| Delivery Date: | August 27, 1980 | ||||||
| Aircraft Name: | "City of Nawab Shah" | ||||||
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| Fate: | Damaged beyond repair March 1, 2004 | ||||||
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| Additional Remarks: | Construction number 114. Built in 1980. Registered in France as F-WZEN for pre-delivery test flights. First flight June 16, 1980. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BBA for PIA. Delivered to PIA on August 27, 1980. In 1997, AP-BBA was named "City of Nawab Shah" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. On March 1, 2004, AP-BBA was operating PIA post-Hajj flight PK-2002 from Jeddah to Quetta with 12 crew members and 261 passengers on board. At around 1:40AM, AP-BBA aborted take-off at very high speed after the left main gear tyres blew. Undercarriage suffered serious damage, flying metal pieces from fragmented wheel assemblies of nose gear struck fan blades of both engines and caused serious damage to both engines. Aircraft was declared constructive total loss. According to investigations conducted by Saudi authorities, defective tyres were the cause of this accident. AP-BBA was withdrawn from use after this accident and later was parted out and broken up at Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Registration AP-BBA removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on September 6, 2004. | ||||||
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