Date:	Friday 23 December 2005
Time:	22:40
Type:	Antonov An-140-100
Owner/operator:	Azerbaijan Airlines
Registration:	4K-AZ48
MSN:	36525307036
Year of manufacture:	2004
Engine model:	Klimov TV3-117VMA-SBM1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Nardaran -   Azerbaijan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD/UBBB)
Destination airport:	Aktau Airport (SCO/UATE)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
An Antonov 140-100 turboprop, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, was destroyed in an accident near Nardaran, Azerbaijan. All 23 on board were killed.
Flight 217 took off from Baku on a flight to Aktau, Kazakhstan. Some five minutes after the night-time departure, while heading over the Caspian Sea, the crew reported a systems failure. The crew lost spatial orientation and the aircraft entered a steep right downward spiral and crashed on the shore of the Caspian Sea.
It appeared that the aircraft took off with caged gyro horizons. This was a malfunction due to the fact that some counterfeit components had been installed during production.

18:30 UTC / 22:30 local time:
UBBB 231830Z 30002KT 3000 -RA BKN003 OVC020 08/08 Q1010 88290060 NOSIG=
Wind 300 degrees at 2 kts, visibility 3000m in light rain, 5-7 oktas cloud at 300ft 8 oktas overcast cloud at 2000ft temperature 8C dewpoint 8C QNH 1010hPa no significant weather

Echo, AFP
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photo (c) Petr Volek; Baku Airport (BAK); 01 August 2005

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