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) |
Destination airport: | Klyuchi Air Base |
Narrative: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 Location
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