Fokker 100 XY-AGC

Summary

On 25 December 2012 at about 03:00 local time, a Fokker 100 registered XY-AGC, operated by Air Bagan, was involved in an accident near Heho, Burma. 73 people were on board and 11 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 December 2012 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Heho, Burma

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Fokker 100

Registration

XY-AGC

Operator

Air Bagan

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

DCA13WA041

11 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 25, 2102, at 08:50 local time, a Fokker 100, registration XY-AGC operated by Air Bagan as flight W9-11 crashed short of the runway at Heho Myanmar (Burma). The flight was a scheduled passenger flight from Mandalay. There was one fatality and eleven serious injuries among the 63 passengers, 6 crew and 2 security personnel onboard. A motorist riding a motorbike on the road was killed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The accident is being investigated by the Myanmar's Accident Investigation Board (MAIB), who requested recorder assistance from the Australian Transportation Safety Board (ATSB), who, due to damage to the recorders, have in turn requested assistance from the NTSB and Honeywell, the recorder manufacturer.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.