Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 16 MAY 2003 |
| Time: | 13:21 |
| Type: | Antonov 3T |
| Operator: | Polyarnye Avialinii |
| Registration: | RA-05881 |
| C/n / msn: | 2218 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 45 km (28.1 mls) from Sangara (Russia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The aircraft entered unfavourable meteorological conditions (precipitation and icing) some 18 minutes after takeoff. The engine failed and a forced landing was carried out in a wooded swampy area.
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
» MAK Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
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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.
