Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 JUN 1980 |
| Time: | 13:44 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Tajikistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-87689 |
| C/n / msn: | 9910403 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 44 km (27.5 mls) NW of Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Leninabad Airport (LBD/UTDL), Tajikistan |
| Dushanbe Airport (DYU/UTDD), Tajikistan |
En route from Leninabad (now Khudzhand) to Dushanbe the crew deviated from their course by 67km in order to avoid thunderstorm activity. They then reported passing a beacon while they where actually 37km from that beacon. The air traffic controller cleared the flight to descend from 6000 m to 4800 m. Then the crew has reported passing the outer marker at the prescribed height, while the plane was actually 43 km from the beacon. The controller cleared the flight down to 3600 m. The crew continued their descent and carried out the procedure right turn, following which the flight was cleared down to to 2100 m. At height of 2840 m the crew noticed that their position was not correct, stopped descend and initiated a left turn. The Yak-40 entered clouds and struck the slope of a mountain, 44 km NW of the airport.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Dmitriy Yertsov
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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 Leninabad Airport to Dushanbe Airport as the crow flies is 199 km (124 miles).
Distance from Leninabad Airport to Dushanbe Airport as the crow flies is 199 km (124 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.
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Yakovlev 40
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- 1136 built
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