Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 APR 1983 |
| Time: | 18:09 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Armenia |
| Registration: | CCCP-87291 |
| C/n / msn: | 9320628 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 41 km (25.6 mls) from Leninakan Airport (LWN) (Armenia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nalchik Airport (NAL), Russia |
| Leninakan Airport (LWN), Armenia |
The crew deviated from the track while flying in mountainous terrain and incorrectly determined its position. The aircraft was cleared to descend to 900m when it struck a cloud-shrouded mountainside at a height of 2523 m.
ATC didn't determine the position of the aircraft and didn't require the aircraft to circle at a safe altitude for identification.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» ICAO Adrep Summary 6/93 (#18)
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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 Nalchik Airport to Leninakan Airport as the crow flies is 306 km (191 miles).
Distance from Nalchik Airport to Leninakan Airport as the crow flies is 306 km (191 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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Yakovlev 40
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- 1136 built
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