Incident Overview
Date: Friday 23 December 2005
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-140-100
Owner/operator: Azerbaijan Airlines
Registration Number: 4K-AZ48
Location: near Nardaran –
ÿ Azerbaijan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23
Component Affected: Caged gyro horizonsCaged gyro horizons
Category: Accident
An Antonov 140-100 turboprop aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near Nardaran, Azerbaijan, resulting in the deaths of all 23 passengers and crew. The aircraft departed from Baku on a flight to Aktau, Kazakhstan, and experienced a systems failure approximately five minutes after night-time departure, leading to a steep right downward spiral and subsequent crash on the Caspian Sea shore. The aircraft was operating with caged gyro horizons, indicating a malfunction due to counterfeit components being installed during production.An Antonov 140-100 turboprop aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near Nardaran, Azerbaijan, resulting in the deaths of all 23 passengers and crew. The aircraft departed from Baku on a flight to Aktau, Kazakhstan, and experienced a systems failure approximately five minutes after night-time departure, leading to a steep right downward spiral and subsequent crash on the Caspian Sea shore. The aircraft was operating with caged gyro horizons, indicating a malfunction due to counterfeit components being installed during production.
Description
An Antonov 140-100 turboprop, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, was destroyed in an accident near Nardaran, Azerbaijan. All 23 on board were killed. Flight 217 took off from Baku on a flight to Aktau, Kazakhstan. Some five minutes after the night-time departure, while heading over the Caspian Sea, the crew reported a systems failure. The crew lost spatial orientation and the aircraft entered a steep right downward spiral and crashed on the shore of the Caspian Sea. It appeared that the aircraft took off with caged gyro horizons. This was a malfunction due to the fact that some counterfeit components had been installed during production.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Counterfeit components during aircraft production resulted in a systems failure and a steep right downward spiral.Counterfeit components during aircraft production resulted in a systems failure and a steep right downward spiral.Share on:
