Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Wednesday 24 October 1990 |
Time: | 01:58 |
Type: | Yakovlev Yak-40S2 |
Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
Registration: | CU-T1202 |
MSN: | 9631449 |
First flight: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 14068 |
Cycles: | 14011 |
Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 24 |
Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 31 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 4 km (2.5 mls) E of Santiago-Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU) ( Cuba)
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Crash site elevation: | 94 m (308 feet) amsl |
Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Camagüey-Ign Agramonte International Airport (CMW/MUCM), Cuba |
Destination airport: | Santiago-Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU/MUCU), Cuba |
Flightnumber: | CU2886 |
Narrative:The Yakovlev 40 passenger plane, operating Cubana flight 2886, was destroyed when it impacted mountainous terrain 4 km short of the runway at Santiago-Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU).
The flight departed Camagüey at 01:04 hours local time. An NDB approach was flown to runway 09 but the approach was abandoned at 01:51 hours. A second attempt was made at 01:55, resulting in another aborted approach. The crew then attempted to manoeuvre visually for an approach to runway 27. The aircraft struck the ground, 4 km short of the threshold of runway 27.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from Spanish): Technical error of piloting by the pilot in command of the aircraft to stop the NDB procedure and to continue flying according to visual flight rules (VFR) in existing weather circumstances with poor visual reference and the mountainous topography of the terrain, which made it advisable to operate according to instrument flight rules (IFR).
Classification:
VFR flight in IMC
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
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Soviet Transports» ICAO Circular 263-AN/157 (164-183)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
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Distance from Camagüey-Ign Agramonte International Airport to Santiago-Antonio Maceo Airport as the crow flies is 263 km (164 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.