Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 22 October 1967
Aircraft Type: Shijiazhuang Y-5
Owner/operator: CAAC
Registration Number: 8025
Location: Wen County, Longnan, Gansu Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A 8025 Y-5 aircraft, carrying four crew members and three geophysics specialists, crashed during an aeromagnetic survey flight near the Gansu-Sichuan border. The aircraft was lost at 10:32 due to remote terrain and a grossly inaccurate topographic map. Investigation revealed a CFIT accident, likely caused by cloudy conditions and a flawed map.A 8025 Y-5 aircraft, carrying four crew members and three geophysics specialists, crashed during an aeromagnetic survey flight near the Gansu-Sichuan border. The aircraft was lost at 10:32 due to remote terrain and a grossly inaccurate topographic map. Investigation revealed a CFIT accident, likely caused by cloudy conditions and a flawed map.
Description
Shijiazhuang Y-5 registered 8025 was destroyed when it flew into a 2590-meter-high mountain named Hou’erbao on the Gansu side close to the Gansu-Sichuan border. The aircraft was on an aeromagnetic survey flight with four crew members and three geophysics specialists on board. Contact with the plane was lost at 10:32. The accident location had not been located until July 1968 because of its remoteness. It was determined that the crash was most likely a CFIT accident. Contributory factors included cloudy conditions and the grossly inaccurate topographic map of the area.
Source of Information
https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/19_23135https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/19_23135Primary Cause
Cloudy conditions and a grossly inaccurate topographic map of the area.Cloudy conditions and a grossly inaccurate topographic map of the area.Share on:
