Narrative:
The Yak-40 should have climbed to 2400 m after takeoff, but was instructed to maintain 300 m because of an Antonov An-24 landing at a neighbouring airport. Bad weather was encountered when changing heading in an area of mountainous terrain. The aircraft collided with a mountain slope near Mikha-Tskhakaya.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Tbilisi to Poti with en en route stop at Kutaisi.
» ICAO Adrep Summary 6/93 (#19)
| Status: | Accident Investigation report not yet completed, but information verified through authorities or other sources. |
| Date: | Friday 11 October 1985 |
| Time: | 10:09 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Georgia |
| Registration: | CCCP-87803 |
| MSN: | 9230923 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 47 km (29.4 mls) W of Kutaisi ( Georgia)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kutaisi Airport (KUT/UGKO), Georgia |
| Poti Airport (UGSP), Georgia |
The Yak-40 should have climbed to 2400 m after takeoff, but was instructed to maintain 300 m because of an Antonov An-24 landing at a neighbouring airport. Bad weather was encountered when changing heading in an area of mountainous terrain. The aircraft collided with a mountain slope near Mikha-Tskhakaya.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Tbilisi to Poti with en en route stop at Kutaisi.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» ICAO Adrep Summary 6/93 (#19)
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Distance from Kutaisi Airport to Poti Airport as the crow flies is 64 km (40 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Kutaisi Airport to Poti Airport as the crow flies is 64 km (40 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.
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