Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 FEB 1972 |
| Type: | Antonov 24 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-46732 |
| C/n / msn: | 37300504 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Lipetsk Airport (LPK) (Russia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Bykovo Airport (BKA), Russia |
| Lipetsk Airport (LPK), Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | 25 |
The Antonov 24 was approaching Lipetsk, when at an altitude of 1500m the pilot unintentionally applied reverse thrust. Control was lost and the airplane crashed.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru
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Map
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 Moskva-Bykovo Airport to Lipetsk Airport as the crow flies is 346 km (216 miles).
Distance from Moskva-Bykovo Airport to Lipetsk Airport as the crow flies is 346 km (216 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.
