| Date: | Friday 8 July 1977 |
| Time: | 21:39 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24RV |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Kirovograd Flight School of Civil Aviation |
| Registration: | CCCP-46847 |
| MSN: | 27307505 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5698 hours |
| Cycles: | 16941 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24VT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 km W off Sukhumi Airport (SUI) -
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sukhumi Airport (SUI/UGSS) |
| Kirovograd Airport (KGO/UKKG) |
The An-24 took off from Sukhumi Airport (SUI) to return to Kirovograd (KGO) following a training exercise there.
After raising the flaps during climbout, from a height of about 150 m, the aircraft began to lose altitude and descended until it struck the surface of the Black Sea and crashed. The pilot in command possibly diverted his attention to storm activity nearby.
Sources:
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