Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
Status:
Date:17 DEC 1976
Type:Antonov 24
Operator:Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration: CCCP-46722
C/n / msn: 37300302
First flight: 1963
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants: 50
Total:Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 55
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:1 km (0.6 mls) from Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport (IEV) (Ukraine) show on map
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Chernovtsy Airport (CWC/UKLN), Ukraine
Destination airport:Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport (IEV/UKKK), Ukraine
Narrative:
Weather was poor when the An-24 approached Kiev-Zhulhyany (IEV). Conditions included low clouds, fog, snow with a visibility of 600 m at night. At a distance of 2500m short of the runway threshold, the airplane descended below the glideslope. The crew continued their descend below decision height, although they had not obtained visual contact with the runway yet. The Antonov descended until it contacted a concrete obstruction 1265 m short of the runway.It continued 115m and collided with a railway embankment.
The fact that visibility had decreased below minima (700 m) was not reported to the crew.


Events:


Sources:
» airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports

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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 Chernovtsy Airport to Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport as the crow flies is 399 km (249 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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