Incident Overview
Date: Friday 14 September 1990
Aircraft Type: Yakovlev Yak-42
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-42351
Location: 1,7 km W of Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 129
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An aircraft struck trees approximately 1700 meters short of the runway during a late-night approach to runway 08 at Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo. The pilot intentionally deviated from the prescribed approach pattern, resulting in the aircraft breaking up.An aircraft struck trees approximately 1700 meters short of the runway during a late-night approach to runway 08 at Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo. The pilot intentionally deviated from the prescribed approach pattern, resulting in the aircraft breaking up.
Description
The aircraft struck trees 1700 m short of the runway and broke up after the pilot intentionally departed from the prescribed approach pattern during a late night approach to runway 08 at Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=87https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=87Primary Cause
Pilot-induced deviation from prescribed approach pattern.Pilot-induced deviation from prescribed approach pattern.Share on:
