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Date: | Thursday 3 September 1970 |
Time: | 21:26 |
Type: | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
Operator: | Aeroflot / Tajikistan |
Registration: | CCCP-87690 |
MSN: | 9910503 |
First flight: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1020 |
Cycles: | 1344 |
Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 90 km (56.3 mls) NE of Leninabad ( Tajikistan)
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Crash site elevation: | 2100 m (6890 feet) amsl |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Frunze Airport (FRU/UAFM), Kyrgyzstan |
Destination airport: | Leninabad Airport (LBD/UTDL), Tajikistan |
Narrative:The Yak-40 passenger plane flew into the side of Mount Airy-Tash (2300 m) at an altitude of 2100 m during the descent towards Leninabad, Tajikistan.
Descent had been initiated over mountainous terrain in IMC conditions while the crew was not aware of the exact position of the plane. The captain and copilot had limited IMC experience and poor navigational training.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
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Soviet Transports» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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airdisaster.ru
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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 Frunze Airport to Leninabad Airport as the crow flies is 504 km (315 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.