ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-40 CCCP-87346 Zeya
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Date:Saturday 29 August 1981
Time:20:31
Type:Silhouette image of generic YK40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator:Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-87346
MSN: 9511539
First flight: 1975
Engines: 3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 29
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 34
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Zeya (   Russia)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Chita Airport (HTA/UIAA), Russia
Destination airport:Zeya Airport (UHBE), Russia
Flightnumber:674
Narrative:
Yakovlev 40 CCCP-87346 operated on the domestic route Irkutsk ­ Chita ­ Zeya ­ Blagoveshchensk. The airplane departed Chita at 18:20 and arrived near Zeya some two hours later. Weather was poor (drizzle and fog) as the flight approached Zeya. Descent was continued below minimum descent altitude, even after the GPWS sounded. The crew continued the descent without visual contact with the ground until the airplane collided with treetops about 350 m from the runway threshold and 125 m right of its extended centerline. The Yak-40 crashed and caught fire.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

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 Chita Airport to Zeya Airport as the crow flies is 935 km (585 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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