Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 31 March 1971 |
Time: | 12:59 |
Type: | Antonov An-10 |
Operator: | Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-11145 |
MSN: | 8400701 |
First flight: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 14337 |
Cycles: | 9081 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 57 / Occupants: 57 |
Total: | Fatalities: 65 / Occupants: 65 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 13 km (8.1 mls) SW of Voroshilovgrad Airport (VSG) ( Ukraine)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kuybyshev Airport (KUF/UWWW), Russia |
Destination airport: | Voroshilovgrad Airport (VSG/UKCW), Ukraine |
Flightnumber: | 1969 |
Narrative:Crashed due to structural failure of the starboard outer wing while descending from 1200 m to 600 m on approach to Voroshilovgrad (now Lugansk).
Classification:
Wing failure
Loss of control
Sources:
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Soviet Transports»
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Distance from Kuybyshev Airport to Voroshilovgrad Airport as the crow flies is 935 km (585 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.