AP-BJD - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BJD

Certificate of Registration Number:

739

Registration Date:

May 17, 2006

Operator/Owner:

JS Focus Air

Aircraft Type:

Beech 1900C

Construction Number:

UC-157

Line Number:

Year Built:

1991

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

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Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

N157YV

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Crashed on November 5, 2010

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number UC-157. Built in April 1991. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N157YV. Operated by Mesa Airlines, May 1991. Registered in São Tomé and Príncipe as S9-CAG and operated by SAL Express, February 12, 1998. Re-registered in USA as N157YV, Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corporation (RACC), April 26, 2005. Registration N157YV cancelled on April 26, 2006. Aircraft exported to Pakistan. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BJD and operated by JS Focus Air, April 26, 2006. On November 5, 2010, during take-off from Karachi's Jinnah International Air Port (JIAP), AP-BJD experienced technical problem with one of its engines and crashed some two kilometers away from Karachi Airport. All 21 people aboard the aircraft, including two pilots, died in this accident. The aircraft was operating charter flight from Karachi to Bhit Gas Field for Italian energy company ENI. Registration AP-BJD removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on November 5, 2010.

Photo:

Beech 1900C

Beech 1900C (Abbas Ali Collection)

Beech 1900C (registration AP-BJD)