Date:	Thursday 15 May 1997
Time:
Type:	Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator:	Azerbaijan Airlines
Registration:	4K-87504
MSN:	9510640
Year of manufacture:	1975
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-25
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	5,2 km from Gyandzha Airport (KVD) -   Azerbaijan
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Gyandzha Airport (KVD/UBBG)
Destination airport:	Gyandzha Airport (KVD/UBBG)

Narrative:
A number of Azerbaijani soldiers were returning to camp after a small arms practice and had begun shooting at a road sign. At the same time a Yakovlev 40 was returning from a training flight and overflew the area. A number of stray bullets struck the Yak and hit an oxygen cylinder. A fire broke out and control was lost. The aircraft crashed 5160 m short of the runway, 95 m left of the extended centerline.

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