Narrative:
The flight crew ignored the actual drift angle and track speed during the flight. This caused the aircraft to drift 3,7 km off course. While in clouds, the aircraft impacted a hillside at 350 meters, 15 meters below the top.
Crashed into hill.
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 7 January 1982 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  Let L-410M |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Georgia |
| Registration: | CCCP-67290 |
| MSN: | 781101 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1895 |
| Cycles: | 3747 |
| Engines: | 2 Walter M-601A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 22 km (13.8 mls) SE of Gelendzhik ( Russia)
|
| Crash site elevation: | 350 m (1148 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Novorossiysk Airport (NOI), Russia |
| Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia | |
| Flightnumber: | G-96 |
The flight crew ignored the actual drift angle and track speed during the flight. This caused the aircraft to drift 3,7 km off course. While in clouds, the aircraft impacted a hillside at 350 meters, 15 meters below the top.
Crashed into hill.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» airdisaster.ru
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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 Novorossiysk Airport to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport as the crow flies is 339 km (212 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Novorossiysk Airport to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport as the crow flies is 339 km (212 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
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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