| Date of Accident: | 26 June 1988 |  |
| Airline: | Air France |  |
| Aircraft: | Airbus A320-111 | |
| Location: | Habsheim, France | |
| Registration: | F-GFKC | |
| Previous Registrations: | F-WWDK | |
| Flight Number: | 296 | |
| Fatalities: | 3:136 | |
| MSN: | 9 | |
| Line Number: | --- | |
| Engine Manufacturer: | CFM International | |
| Engine Model: | CFM56-5A1 | |
| Year of Delivery: | 1988 | |
| Accident Description: | The newly delivered aircraft was to perform a charter flight on behalf of the Mulhouse Flying Club. The crew was to overfly Mulhouse-Habsheim airport two times (first at low speed, gear down at 100ft and the other at high speed in clean configuration) as part of an airshow. The aircraft took off from Basle-Mulhouse at 2:41pm local time and climbed to 1000 feet. The crew started the descent three minutes later and Habsheim was in sight at 450ft agl. The first officer informed the captain that the aircraft was reaching 100ft at 14:45:14. The descent continued to 50ft 8 seconds later and further to 30-35ft. Go-around power was added at 14.45:35. The A320 continued and touched trees at the end of the runway at 14:45:40 with a 14° pitch attitude and an engine speed of 83% N1. The plane sank slowly into the forest and a fire broke out. Failure of the Captain to maintain sufficient altitude and airspeed for recovery after a low approach to a runway with obstacles near the departure end. |
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| Related Links/Information: | Accident Photos - AirDisaster.Com Photo Database
Investigation Report
Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcript |
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