Air Crash Daily | 2004 Macedonian Government Beechcraft Super King Air [Z3-BAB] crash CVR Recording @AirCrashDaily | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
On 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰, a Beechcraft Super King Air (Reg. Z3-BAB) departed Skopje on an official flight to Mostar, carrying 2 pilots and 7 passengers, among them Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia. Trajkovski was flying to Mostar with members of his government to take part to an economic conference.
The plane departed Skopje at 06:48. At 07:46, ACC Zagreb transferred the plane to APP Mostar. At 07:51, the flight crew reported overhead IAF DIRUK. After IAF DIRUK, the flight crew performed a left turn for 180° and established heading 146°, at 4,700 feet. During last 60° of the turn the flight crew noticed that indications of DME and VOR were lost. The flight crew reported to APP Mostar that they do not have indication of VOR. After 18 seconds co-pilot confirmed to the captain that indicator VOR/DME has been established again and that everything is under control what was conveyed to APP Mostar by the captain.
At distance of 13 NM to VOR/DME MSR, after the approved by the captain, co-pilot disengaged autopilot and had taken the control of the plane. After passing 7 NM to VOR/DME MSR the plane continued with descending on assigned radial 326. And 31 seconds later the plane reached the altitude of 1,810 feet (MDA). The co-pilot then asked for permission from the captain to continue with descent, on which captain did not reply but ordered to co-pilot to increase the power. After that the plane impacted the tree and right after the ground as well.
𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲:
Aircraft accident of Z3-BAB is caused by:
Non-compliance with published approach procedure at Mostar airport, regarding distance and altitude, resulted in Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀:
→ Inadequate briefing of the flight crew for performing the flight,
→ Check list was not consulted,
→ Lack of Crew Resources Management (CRM) practice during flight,
→ Flight crew decision to land at Mostar airport, despite cloud ceiling being below MDA,
→ Flight crew decision to continue flight after loss of VOR/DME indication.
On 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰, a Beechcraft Super King Air (Reg. Z3-BAB) departed Skopje on an official flight to Mostar, carrying 2 pilots and 7 passengers, among them Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia. Trajkovski was flying to Mostar with members of his government to take part to an economic conference.
The plane departed Skopje at 06:48. At 07:46, ACC Zagreb transferred the plane to APP Mostar. At 07:51, the flight crew reported overhead IAF DIRUK. After IAF DIRUK, the flight crew performed a left turn for 180° and established heading 146°, at 4,700 feet. During last 60° of the turn the flight crew noticed that indications of DME and VOR were lost. The flight crew reported to APP Mostar that they do not have indication of VOR. After 18 seconds co-pilot confirmed to the captain that indicator VOR/DME has been established again and that everything is under control what was conveyed to APP Mostar by the captain.
At distance of 13 NM to VOR/DME MSR, after the approved by the captain, co-pilot disengaged autopilot and had taken the control of the plane. After passing 7 NM to VOR/DME MSR the plane continued with descending on assigned radial 326. And 31 seconds later the plane reached the altitude of 1,810 feet (MDA). The co-pilot then asked for permission from the captain to continue with descent, on which captain did not reply but ordered to co-pilot to increase the power. After that the plane impacted the tree and right after the ground as well.
𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲:
Aircraft accident of Z3-BAB is caused by:
Non-compliance with published approach procedure at Mostar airport, regarding distance and altitude, resulted in Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀:
→ Inadequate briefing of the flight crew for performing the flight,
→ Check list was not consulted,
→ Lack of Crew Resources Management (CRM) practice during flight,
→ Flight crew decision to land at Mostar airport, despite cloud ceiling being below MDA,
→ Flight crew decision to continue flight after loss of VOR/DME indication.
![2004 Macedonian Government Beechcraft Super King Air [Z3-BAB] crash CVR Recording](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P-33Ag2c-zI/hqdefault.jpg "2004 Macedonian Government Beechcraft Super King Air [Z3-BAB] crash CVR Recording
On 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰, a Beechcraft Super King Air (Reg. Z3-BAB) departed Skopje on an official flight to Mostar, carrying 2 pilots and 7 passengers, among them Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia. Trajkovski was flying to Mostar with members of his government to take part to an economic conference.
The plane departed Skopje at 06:48. At 07:46, ACC Zagreb transferred the plane to APP Mostar. At 07:51, the flight crew reported overhead IAF DIRUK. After IAF DIRUK, the flight crew performed a left turn for 180° and established heading 146°, at 4,700 feet. During last 60° of the turn the flight crew noticed that indications of DME and VOR were lost. The flight crew reported to APP Mostar that they do not have indication of VOR. After 18 seconds co-pilot confirmed to the captain that indicator VOR/DME has been established again and that everything is under control what was conveyed to APP Mostar by the captain.
At distance of 13 NM to VOR/DME MSR, after the approved by the captain, co-pilot disengaged autopilot and had taken the control of the plane. After passing 7 NM to VOR/DME MSR the plane continued with descending on assigned radial 326. And 31 seconds later the plane reached the altitude of 1,810 feet (MDA). The co-pilot then asked for permission from the captain to continue with descent, on which captain did not reply but ordered to co-pilot to increase the power. After that the plane impacted the tree and right after the ground as well.
𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲:
Aircraft accident of Z3-BAB is caused by:
Non-compliance with published approach procedure at Mostar airport, regarding distance and altitude, resulted in Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀:
→ Inadequate briefing of the flight crew for performing the flight,
→ Check list was not consulted,
→ Lack of Crew Resources Management (CRM) practice during flight,
→ Flight crew decision to land at Mostar airport, despite cloud ceiling being below MDA,
→ Flight crew decision to continue flight after loss of VOR/DME indication.")
