Narrative:
The An-24 took off from Sukhumi Airport (SUI) to return to Kirovograd (KGO) following a training exercise there.
After raising the flaps during climbout, from a height of about 150 m, the aircraft began to lose altitude and descended until it struck the surface of the Black Sea and crashed. The pilot in command possibly diverted his attention to storm activity nearby.
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 8 July 1977 |
| Time: | 21:39 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24RV |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Kirovograd Flight School of Civil Aviation |
| Registration: | CCCP-46847 |
| MSN: | 27307505 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5698 |
| Cycles: | 16941 |
| Engines: | 2 Ivchenko AI-24VT |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 1 km (0.6 mls) W off Sukhumi Airport (SUI) ( Georgia)
|
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sukhumi Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia |
| Kirovograd Airport (KGO/UKKG), Ukraine |
The An-24 took off from Sukhumi Airport (SUI) to return to Kirovograd (KGO) following a training exercise there.
After raising the flaps during climbout, from a height of about 150 m, the aircraft began to lose altitude and descended until it struck the surface of the Black Sea and crashed. The pilot in command possibly diverted his attention to storm activity nearby.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Water
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 Sukhumi Airport to Kirovograd Airport as the crow flies is 924 km (578 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Sukhumi Airport to Kirovograd Airport as the crow flies is 924 km (578 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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