Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 13 February 2013
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-24RV
Owner/operator: South Airlines
Registration Number: UR-WRA
Location: Donetsk Airport (DOK) – ÿ Ukraine
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 52
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Investigating Agency: NBAAINBAAI
Category: Accident
An Antonov An-24 passenger plane crashed at Donetsk Airport (DOK), Ukraine, resulting in the deaths of five passengers and eight crew members. The flight, operated from Odessa (ODS) to Donetsk (DOK) carrying football fans, experienced a descent due to limited visibility caused by fog. The captain disregarded weather observations and proceeded with an uncontrolled approach, resulting in a stall and subsequent impact. The lack of communication regarding the approach intentions contributed to the incident.An Antonov An-24 passenger plane crashed at Donetsk Airport (DOK), Ukraine, resulting in the deaths of five passengers and eight crew members. The flight, operated from Odessa (ODS) to Donetsk (DOK) carrying football fans, experienced a descent due to limited visibility caused by fog. The captain disregarded weather observations and proceeded with an uncontrolled approach, resulting in a stall and subsequent impact. The lack of communication regarding the approach intentions contributed to the incident.

Description

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane was destroyed in an accident at Donetsk Airport (DOK), Ukraine. There were 44 passengers and eight crew members on board. Five passengers were killed. Five crew members crew and three passengers were seriously injured. The airplane operated on a charter flight from Odessa (ODS) to Donetsk (DOK), carrying football fans on their way to a match of Shakhtar Donetsk against Borussia Dortmund. When commencing their descent towards Donetsk, the crew received the latest weather observations, which showed limited visibility due to fog. The captain of the flight was certified to carry out approaches to a decision height of 300 m. After reaching decision height the crew did not observe the approach lights of runway 08. The captain continued the approach, descending below 300 m. He did not inform the other flight crew members of his intentions. The co-pilot and flight engineer did not take action to support the speed of the aircraft managing the engine’s power settings. The captain then attempted to climb, causing the airspeed to drop to 150 km/h. The airplane stalled and fell off to the right. The airplane impacted the ground at a 48ø bank angle. The commission investigating the crash concluded that the cause of this accident was a loss of speed by the aircraft during approach due to an error of an unprepared crew, which had not been allowed to make the flight in those weather conditions.

Source of Information

http://ura.dn.ua/13.02.2013/135639.html, http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/148781.htmlhttp://ura.dn.ua/13.02.2013/135639.html, http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/148781.html

Primary Cause

Loss of speed during approach due to an error of an unprepared crew.Loss of speed during approach due to an error of an unprepared crew.

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