| Date: | Friday 24 August 1979 |
| Time: | 01:56 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12TB |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-12963 |
| MSN: | 9346407 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18235 hours |
| Cycles: | 7006 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 18 km from Yeniseisk -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Noril'sk Airport (NSK/UOOO) |
| Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL) |
Two hours and 18 minutes after takeoff, en route from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk, all four engines flamed out at 7,800 m due to fuel contamination.
The crew attempted to reach Yeniseisk but the airport could not be reached. A forced landing was carried out on a wooded hillside. A fire erupted.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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