ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327654
| Date: | Friday 6 May 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | 01 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Klyuchi Air Base -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC/UHPP) |
| Klyuchi Air Base |
The flight tried to land at Klyuchi Air Base in below-minima weather conditions with heavy snowfall at night.
The aircraft struck tree tops on final approach and the right wing hit a building of the met office. In the subsequent crash 33 of the 37 occupants were killed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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