Tehran - Zahedan

On October 12, 2014 at 07:20 PM, Tehran - Zahedan experienced a crash involving Rockwell Grand Commander 690, operated by IRIPA - Islamic Republic of Iran Police Aviation, with the event recorded near Zahedan Sistan and Baluchestan.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft was flying to Zahedan with a crew of three (two pilots and a flight attendant) and four passengers, among them General Mahmoud Sadeqi, a senior police officer who was travelling to Zahedan to investigate the circumstances of a recent attack that killed four police officers. While approaching Zahedan by night, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the Sabzpushan Heights, north of the airport. The wreckage was found the following morning. All seven occupants were killed. A day later, Iranian Authorities said the accident was caused by technical flaws, darkness and the pilot’s unfamiliarity with the region.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1405, MSN 690-11075, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.4572°, 60.8509°.