ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325729
Date: | Thursday 15 August 1991 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-26 |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | 51 |
MSN: | |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 10 km NW of Petrel, Sakhalin Oblast -
Russia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Burevestnik Airport (BVV/UHSB) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Air traffic control instructed the flight crew to make a procedure left turn after takeoff from Petrel-Burevestnik Airport instead of a right turn. The airplane flew towards mountainous terrain and struck Mount Medvezhonok 10 metres below the summit.
The aircraft was being operated on behalf of the KGB/Border Guard.
Sources:
Scramble 365
airdisaster.ru Location
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