Narrative:
Two hours and 18 minutes after takeoff, en route from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk, all four engines flamed out at 7,800 m due to fuel contamination.
The crew attempted to reach Yeniseisk but the airport could not be reached. A forced landing was carried out on a wooded hillside. A fire erupted.
All engine powerloss
Forced landing outside airport
» airdisaster.ru
accident date: 24-08-1979
type: Antonov An-12V
registration: CCCP-12963
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 24 August 1979 |
| Time: | 01:56 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12TB |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-12963 |
| MSN: | 9346407 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18235 |
| Cycles: | 7006 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 18 km (11.3 mls) from Yeniseisk ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Noril'sk Airport (NSK/UOOO), Russia |
| Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL), Russia |
Two hours and 18 minutes after takeoff, en route from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk, all four engines flamed out at 7,800 m due to fuel contamination.
The crew attempted to reach Yeniseisk but the airport could not be reached. A forced landing was carried out on a wooded hillside. A fire erupted.
Classification:
Fuel contamination All engine powerloss
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» airdisaster.ru
Photos
accident date: 24-08-1979
type: Antonov An-12V
registration: CCCP-12963
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 Noril'sk Airport to Krasnoyarsk Airport as the crow flies is 1472 km (920 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Noril'sk Airport to Krasnoyarsk Airport as the crow flies is 1472 km (920 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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