Incident Overview
Date: Friday 18 September 1981
Aircraft Type: Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-87455
Location: 11 km E of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33
Component Affected: Yak-40 aircraftYak-40 aircraft
Category: Accident
A Yak-40 aircraft collided with an Aeroflot/East Siberia Mil Mi-8T helicopter during approach to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport. The Mi-8 was descending for a training flight when the collision occurred.A Yak-40 aircraft collided with an Aeroflot/East Siberia Mil Mi-8T helicopter during approach to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport. The Mi-8 was descending for a training flight when the collision occurred.
Description
The Yak-40 was in level flight at an altitude of 400 m passing through clouds on approach to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport when it collided with an Aeroflot/East Siberia Mil Mi-8T helicopter (CCCP-22268). The Mi-8, on a training flight from Bratsk, had finished base leg and was in descending turn when the collision occurred.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Possible misjudgment of altitude by the Yak-40 pilot, combined with a lack of situational awareness by the Mi-8 pilot, leading to a collision.Possible misjudgment of altitude by the Yak-40 pilot, combined with a lack of situational awareness by the Mi-8 pilot, leading to a collision.Share on:
