Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 NOV 1991 |
| Time: | 05:02 |
| Type: | Antonov 24RV |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-47823 |
| C/n / msn: | 17307204 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Engines: | 2 Ivchenko AI-24VT |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 41 / Occupants: 41 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,8 km (0.5 mls) from Bugulma Airport (UUA) (Russia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nizhnevartovsk Airport (NJC/USNN), Russia |
| Bugulma Airport (UUA), Russia |
While approaching Bugulma, the aircraft yawed to the right. At 2 km short of the runway, the crew decided to go around.
The aircraft crashed 800m short of the runway and 600m to the right of the extended centerline.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Stabilizer icing (15mm thick layer of ice).
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» ICAO Adrep Summary 6/91 (#14)
» NRC Handelsblad 26.11.1991 (p.1)
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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 Nizhnevartovsk Airport to Bugulma Airport as the crow flies is 1546 km (966 miles).
Distance from Nizhnevartovsk Airport to Bugulma Airport as the crow flies is 1546 km (966 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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