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Accident description
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Status:
Date:15 AUG 1975
Type:Yakovlev 40
Operator:Aeroflot / Azerbaijan
Registration: CCCP-87323
C/n / msn: 9330230
First flight: 1973
Engines: 3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants: 24
Total:Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 28
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:4 km (2.5 mls) from Krasnovodsk Airport (KRW) (Turkmenistan)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Baku Airport (BAK/UBBB), Azerbaijan
Destination airport:Krasnovodsk Airport (KRW/UTAK), Turkmenistan
Narrative:
On approach to Krasnovodsk (KRW) the flaps were selected down. At the same time the headwind decreased causing a sudden drop in speed. The speed decreased from 250 km/h to 210 km/h. The airplane descended below the glidepath and crashed.

Sources:
» Airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports

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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