Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 OCT 1978 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-87437 |
| C/n / msn: | 9431335 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 38 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX) (Russia) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX/USSS), Russia |
| Kostanay-Narimanovka Airport (KSN/UAUU), Kazakhstan |
The port engine failed some 30-35 seconds after takeoff from Sverdlovsk Airport (SVX) due to icing. The airplane lost height and collided with a hill.
Sources:
» airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports
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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 Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport to Kostanay-Narimanovka Airport as the crow flies is 427 km (267 miles).
Distance from Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport to Kostanay-Narimanovka Airport as the crow flies is 427 km (267 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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