Abadan – Téhéran

On December 25, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Abadan – Téhéran experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Iran Air, with the event recorded near Tehran Tehran City District.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 27 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 93.1%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 24, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While descending to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in limited visibility due to heavy fog, the crew was instructed by ATC to divert to Isfahan Airport. The pilot-in-command abandoned the approach and modified his route, while confirming to ATC that his fuel reserves were insufficient to cover the distance. Few minutes later, the crew informed ATC that he was short of fuel and elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a field located about 7 km from Mehrabad Airport. Rescuers arrived on scene two hours later and were able to evacuate two passengers who were seriously injured, all 27 other occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EP-ACJ, MSN 9692, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.6955°, 51.0287°.