Hull-loss description
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| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 11 NOV 1998 |
| Time: | 01:33 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 62M |
| Operator: | Aeroflot Russian International Airlines |
| Registration: | RA-86564 |
| C/n / msn: | 4934734 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 4 Soloviev D-30KU |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America |
An Asiana Boeing 747-400 (HL-7414) taxied to the gate (N-6) at Anchorage for a refueling stop on the flight Seoul-New York (flight 211). While trying to make a U-turn, the Boeing's no. 1 engine struck the wing of an Aeroflot Ilyushin, parked at a gate. Immediately thereafter the left wing struck the forward side of the Ilyushin's tail. The Asiana crew added more power causing the wing to cut through nearly half of the tail of the Russian aircraft. The maximum ground speed recorded by the on-board recorders was 16 knots, while according to the company flight manual it should have been "10 knots or below (5 knots if wet or slippery)".
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The excessive taxi speed by the pilot of the other aircraft. A factor associated with the accident was the other pilot's inadequate maneuver to avoid the parked airplane. " Sources:
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Distance from Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) to San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) as the crow flies is 3215 km (2010 miles).
Distance from Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) to San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) as the crow flies is 3215 km (2010 miles).
