Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 7 January 1982
Aircraft Type: Let L-410M
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Georgia
Registration Number: CCCP-67290
Location: 22 km SE of Gelendzhik –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: Aircraft flight control system and navigation system.Aircraft flight control system and navigation system.
Category: Accident
A flight crew failed to monitor the aircraft’s actual drift angle and track speed, resulting in a deviation of 3.7 km off course. During cloud cover, the aircraft impacted a hillside at 350 meters, 15 meters below the top, causing a crash into the hillside.A flight crew failed to monitor the aircraft’s actual drift angle and track speed, resulting in a deviation of 3.7 km off course. During cloud cover, the aircraft impacted a hillside at 350 meters, 15 meters below the top, causing a crash into the hillside.
Description
The flight crew ignored the actual drift angle and track speed during the flight. This caused the aircraft to drift 3,7 km off course. While in clouds, the aircraft impacted a hillside at 350 meters, 15 meters below the top. Crashed into hill.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=176https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=176Primary Cause
Inadequate monitoring of flight parameters leading to deviation from planned trajectory.Inadequate monitoring of flight parameters leading to deviation from planned trajectory.Share on:
