ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328749
| Date: | Monday 23 October 1978 |
| Time: | 19:41 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-46327 |
| MSN: | 97305504 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15851 hours |
| Cycles: | 13457 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km SE off Emelyanovka [Gulf of Sivash] -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Stavropol Airport (STW/URMT) |
| Simferopol Airport (SIP/UKFF) |
An Antonov An-24B passenger plane, operated by Aeroflot's North Caucasus' Division was damaged beyond repair in an accident in the Gulf of Sivash, Ukraine.
All 21 passengers and five crew members were killed.
The airplane operated flight SU6515 from Stavropol (STW) to Lviv (LWO) with an en route stop at Simferopol (SIP). En route at an altitude of 2400 m the airplane entered icing conditions in clouds for some 15 to 20 minutes. The de-icing system was switched on too late and that both engines flamed out. When the crew tried to restart the left engine the aircraft entered a spiral and crashed into the shallow Gulf of Sivash.
Sources:
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