Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 13 November 1971
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-24B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration Number: CCCP-46378
Location: 2,6 km from Kerch Airport (KHC) –
ÿ Ukraine
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 11
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An An-24 aircraft experienced a severe incident during final approach to Kerch, resulting in a crash due to encountering local fog. The aircraft descended below the glide path and collided with a concrete mast of a high-voltage power line, causing a crash.An An-24 aircraft experienced a severe incident during final approach to Kerch, resulting in a crash due to encountering local fog. The aircraft descended below the glide path and collided with a concrete mast of a high-voltage power line, causing a crash.
Description
The An-24 operated on a flight from Simferopol to Kerch. While on final approach to Kerch the aircraft encountered an area of local fog. The crew allowed the plane to descend below the glide path until it impacted a concrete mast of a high-voltage power-line in the outskirts of Voikovo located 2,610 metres short of the runway threshold. At that time the airplane was flying 17 metres below the level of the runway. The aircraft collided with the roof of a warehouse and crashed.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=810, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttp://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=810, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Local fog conditions and the aircraft’s descent below the glide path.Local fog conditions and the aircraft’s descent below the glide path.Share on:
