Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 6 July 2011
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-76TD
Owner/operator: Silk Way Airlines
Registration Number: 4K-AZ55
Location: ca 25 km from Bagram Air Base (BPM) –
ÿ Afghanistan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Cockpit voice recorder data indicating a captain’s decision to deviate from the published approach procedure.Cockpit voice recorder data indicating a captain’s decision to deviate from the published approach procedure.
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane, registered 4K-AZ55, crashed near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, due to a deviation from the planned approach during a visual approach. The plane struck a mountain at approximately 12,500 feet (3,800 meters). The flight carried 18 tons of cargo for NATO-led forces at the base.An Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane, registered 4K-AZ55, crashed near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, due to a deviation from the planned approach during a visual approach. The plane struck a mountain at approximately 12,500 feet (3,800 meters). The flight carried 18 tons of cargo for NATO-led forces at the base.
Description
An Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane, registered 4K-AZ55, was destroyed in an accident near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The plane struck the side of a mountain at about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters). The transport plane carried a total of 18 tons of cargo for the NATO-led forces at Bagram Air Base. The flight left Baku, Azerbaijan at 21:26 local time. Contact with the flight was lost at 00:10 local time, about 25 km from Bagram. The cockpit voice recorder readout showed that the captain decided to perform a visual approach and deviated from the published approach procedure.
Source of Information
http://ru.trend.az/news/incident/1901308.htmlhttp://ru.trend.az/news/incident/1901308.htmlPrimary Cause
Deviation from planned approach during visual approach.Deviation from planned approach during visual approach.Share on:
