Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 JAN 1965 |
| Time: | 21:03 MSK |
| Type: | Ilyushin 18B |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-75685 |
| C/n / msn: | 189001105 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6802 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 61 / Occupants: 95 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 64 / Occupants: 103 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Alma-Ata Airport (ALA) (Kazakhstan)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Semipalatinsk Airport (PLX/UASS), Kazakhstan |
| Alma-Ata Airport (ALA/UAAA), Kazakhstan | |
| Flightnumber: | 101 |
Aeroflot flight SU101 departed Moscow-Domodedovo on a passenger flight to Omsk, Semipalatinsk (now named Semey) and Alma-Ata (now Almaty).
Departure from Semipalatinsk was delayed because Alma-Ata Airport was closed due to poor visibility. The Il-18 took off at 19:30 with a delay of over 2 hours and 30 minutes.
During the approach to Alma-Ata the weather was below minima, but the crew was not aware of this. At the locator middle marker (LMM) the airplane deviated to the right. The controller instructed the flight to execute a go around but the captain continued the approach. The airplane struck the ground 75 m short and 210 meters to the right of the runway. It crossed a ditch and struck trees.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Airdisaster.ru
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Semipalatinsk Airport to Alma-Ata Airport as the crow flies is 809 km (506 miles).
Distance from Semipalatinsk Airport to Alma-Ata Airport as the crow flies is 809 km (506 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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