Narrative:
The An-26 military transport plane flew into the side of a 2310 m-high mountain at an altitude of 1500 m. The pilot descended VFR in instrument weather.
The airplane operated for the Air Force Strategic Missile Forces.
» airdisaster.ru
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 26 October 1989 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | 09 |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 35 km (21.9 mls) N of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC) ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC/UHPP), Russia |
The An-26 military transport plane flew into the side of a 2310 m-high mountain at an altitude of 1500 m. The pilot descended VFR in instrument weather.
The airplane operated for the Air Force Strategic Missile Forces.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Volkskrant 28.10.89» airdisaster.ru
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