ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333276
Date: | Saturday 28 July 1962 |
Time: | 15:41 |
Type: | Antonov An-10A |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
Registration: | CCCP-11186 |
MSN: | 0402003 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1358 hours |
Cycles: | 1059 flights |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 81 / Occupants: 81 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 21 km SE of Adler/Sochi Airport (AER) -
Georgia
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Simferopol Airport (SIP/UKFF) |
Destination airport: | Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS) |
Narrative:The Antonov was approaching Sochi in IMC conditions with a 2000 feet cloudbase. After being cleared to descend to 5000 feet, the aircraft crashed into a mountain at the 2000 feet level.
PROBABLE CAUSE: 1) Changes in the approach patterns for Sochi Airport, not approved by the State aviation authorities and without informing the flight units about it; 2) Inadequacies of flight control and crew training in the Sochi area and training for flights in mountainous regions in general.
Sources:
Aviation Disasters / D. Gero
airdisaster.ru Location
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