Incident Overview
Date: Monday 23 January 1961
Aircraft Type: Avia 14P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration Number: CCCP-61610
Location: near Dnepropetrovsk Airport (DNK) –
ÿ Ukraine
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34
Component Affected: Aircraft control systems and landing gear.Aircraft control systems and landing gear.
Category: Accident
An Avia 14 aircraft experienced a near-miss landing due to poor visibility during an en-route flight from Lugansk to Kiev. The aircraft descended below the glide path, resulting in a landing in a field 150 metres behind the inner marker, causing significant damage.An Avia 14 aircraft experienced a near-miss landing due to poor visibility during an en-route flight from Lugansk to Kiev. The aircraft descended below the glide path, resulting in a landing in a field 150 metres behind the inner marker, causing significant damage.
Description
The Avia 14 operated on a passenger flight from Lugansk to Kiev with en route stops at Stalino (now Donetsk) and Dnepropetrovsk. On final approach to Dnepropetrovsk the flight descended below the glide path in poor visibility. It touched down in a field 150 metres behind the inner marker and came to rest after 275 metres, suffering substantial damage.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3667http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3667Primary Cause
Poor visibility conditions during final approach.Poor visibility conditions during final approach.Share on:
