Incident Overview
Date: Friday 16 November 1979
Aircraft Type: Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Leningrad Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-87454
Location: Vologda Airport (VGD) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Yak-40 AircraftYak-40 Aircraft
Category: Accident
A Yak-40 aircraft was approaching Vologda in dense fog, with visibility significantly lower than the airport minimum of 1500 meters. The aircraft descended below decision height without establishing ground contact, resulting in a crash into a wood. The crash resulted in significant damage, including fire and fragmentation.A Yak-40 aircraft was approaching Vologda in dense fog, with visibility significantly lower than the airport minimum of 1500 meters. The aircraft descended below decision height without establishing ground contact, resulting in a crash into a wood. The crash resulted in significant damage, including fire and fragmentation.
Description
The Yak-40 was approaching Vologda in fog. Although visibility was reported 1500 m, the actual visibility was 700 meters, which was below airport minima. The airplane descended below decision height without having established ground contact and touched tops of trees at 20 m and crashed in a wood, cutting a swath of 204 m. It disintegrated and caught fire. Reportedly wrong information on visibility was intentionally transmitted to allow the arrival of three Yak-40 planes.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Intentional transmission of incorrect visibility data to facilitate the arrival of multiple Yak-40 aircraft.Intentional transmission of incorrect visibility data to facilitate the arrival of multiple Yak-40 aircraft.Share on:
