Bandar-e Mahshahr – Tehran

On April 26, 1992 at 12:00 AM, Bandar-e Mahshahr – Tehran experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, with the event recorded near Saveh Markazi.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 39 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 35, passenger fatalities: 35, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft was completing a charter flight from Bandar-e Mahshahr to Tehran, carrying 35 passengers and 4 crew members on behalf of the National Petrochemical Company. While cruising in very bad weather conditions, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Saveh. All 39 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5-8815, MSN 10499, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.0342°, 50.3669°.