| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-46202 |
| MSN: | 67302701 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kursk-Vostochny Airport (URS) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Kuybyshev Airport (KUF/UWWW) |
| Kursk-Vostochny Airport (URS/UUOK) |
The An-24 operated on a positioning flight to Moscow via Kursk, Russia when it dropped below the glide path in difficult weather conditions which included snowfall. The airplane touched trees located 2,500 metres before the inner marker and crash-landed.
The aircraft was consumed by fire.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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