ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76TD 4K-AZ55 Bagram Air Base (BPM)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Wednesday 6 July 2011
Time:00:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic IL76 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ilyushin Il-76TD
Operator:Silk Way Airlines
Registration: 4K-AZ55
MSN: 2053420680
First flight: 2005
Engines: 4 Soloviev D-30KP-2
Crew:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:ca 25 km from Bagram Air Base (BPM) (   Afghanistan)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD/UBBB), Azerbaijan
Destination airport:Bagram Air Base (OAI/OAIX), Afghanistan
Flightnumber:995
Narrative:
An Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane, registered 4K-AZ55, was destroyed in an accident near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The plane struck the side of a mountain at about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters).
The transport plane carried a total of 18 tons of cargo for the NATO-led forces at Bagram Air Base. The flight left Baku, Azerbaijan at 21:26 local time. Contact with the flight was lost at 00:10 local time, about 25 km from Bagram.
The cockpit voice recorder readout showed that the captain decided to perform a visual approach and deviated from the published approach procedure.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Xinhua
» Trend


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photo of Ilyushin-Il-76TD-4K-AZ55
accident date: 06-07-2011
type: Ilyushin Il-76TD
registration: 4K-AZ55
 

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 Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport to Bagram Air Base as the crow flies is 1782 km (1114 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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