Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 JAN 1979 |
| Type: |  Antonov 24B |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-46807 |
| C/n / msn: | 67302109 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 23844 |
| Cycles: | 17627 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5,3 km (3.3 mls) NW of Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP) (Belarus)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport (IEV/UKKK), Ukraine |
| Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM), Belarus |
The An-24 passenger plane, CCCP-46807, was destroyed in an accident while on approach to Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP). All five crew members were killed and just one of the nine passengers survived the accident.
The pilot switched off the de-icing system too early during the approach through clouds in icing conditions. Flaps were selected to 38 degrees with an ice-covered stabiliser which resulted in the aircraft losing longitudinal stability and pitching over. Control was lost and the airplane crashed in a snow-covered clay pit.
Events:
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport to Minsk-1 International Airport as the crow flies is 430 km (269 miles).
Distance from Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport to Minsk-1 International Airport as the crow flies is 430 km (269 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
