BASIP - 099 (AIB)

Ground Accident - PIA Flight PK 589, F 27 aircraft, Reg. No. AP-BBF at Sukkur Airport on 15-06-1989

  • Type: accident
  • Status: FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT
  • Operator: PIA
  • Flight no.: PK 589
  • Registration number: AP-BBF
  • Type of aircraft: F 27
  • Date of occurrence: 15-06-1989
  • Date of uploading: 12-05-2026
  • Location: Sukkur Airport

Aircraft AP-BBF ( okker) F-27 was flying on a scheduled flight from Bhawalpur to Sukkur. While landing at Sukkur, when the landing gears were selected down, unsafe gear indication of nose gear appeared in the Cockpit. The Pilot recycled the gear& but the unsafe nose gear warning remained on. The Pilot tried lowering the gears by emergency method but the indication of unsafe nose gear persisted.