Flight Safety Information 
April 29, 2013  -  No. 087

In This Issue 
Aircraft Crashes at Base in Afghanistan 
PROS IOSA Audit Experts 



Aircraft Crashes at Base in Afghanistan
 
    
 
 
 
Status:
Preliminary
Date:
29 APR 2013
Time:
ca 15:00
Type:
Boeing 747-428BCF
Operator:
National Air Cargo
Registration:
N949CA
C/n / msn:
25630/960
First flight:
1993-01-29 (20 years 3 months)
Engines:
4 General Electric CF6-80C2B1F
Crew:
Fatalities: / Occupants: 
Passengers:
Fatalities: / Occupants: 
Total:
Fatalities: / Occupants: 
Airplane damage:
Written off
Airplane fate:
Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:
Bagram Air Base (BPM) (Afghanistan) 
Phase:
Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:
Cargo
Departure airport:
Bagram Air Base (BPM/OAIX), Afghanistan
Destination airport:
?
Narrative: 
A Boeing 747-400BCF cargo plane, operated by National Air Cargo, crashed on takeoff 
from Bagram Air Base (BPM), Afghanistan. A base spokesman said the aircraft crashed 
from a low altitude right after takeoff. A fire erupted. A local police chief reported that all 
crew members were killed in the crash. 
Bagram Air Base has a single concrete runway, 03/21 of 11819 feet (3602 m) in length. 
Reportedly N949CA operated into Bagram as flight NCR510 from  
A thunderstorm with Cumulonimbus clouds was approaching the air base at the time of 
the accident. 
 
Weather reported about the time of the accident (about 15:00 LT / 10:30 UTC): 
KQSA 291155Z 33008G17KT 9999 -TSRA SCT050CB BKN090 BKN170 13/04 A2996 RMK 
CB OHD MOV N SLP139 60000 70000 51014 
KQSA 291059Z 35011G17KT 9999 FEW050 BKN065 BKN090 14/05 A2993 RMK WND 
DATA ESTMD ALSTG/SLP ESTMD 
KQSA 291058Z 35011G17KT 9999 FEW050 BKN080CB BKN150 14/05 A2993 RMK LTG 
DSNT NW SLP124 WND DATA ESTMD ALSTG/SLP ESTMD 
KQSA 291055Z 02007KT 9999 FEW040 BKN080CB BKN150 18/06 A2994 RMK PK WND 
06026/1005 WSHFT 1027 LTG DSNT NW CB DSNT NW SLP124 WND DATA ESTMD 
ALSTG/SLP ESTMD 
KQSA 290955Z COR 10017G30KT 9999 SCT085 BKN140 BKN200 17/06 A2992 RMK PK 
WND 09032/0856 LTG DSNT NW CB DSNT E SLP213 WND DATA ESTMD ALSTG/SLP 
ESTMD COR 13 
 
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Curt Lewis