Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 14 November 1992
Aircraft Type: Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator: Vietnam Airlines
Registration Number: VN-A449
Location: near Son Trung –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 31
Component Affected: Aircraft engine and control systems.Aircraft engine and control systems.
Category: Accident
A Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft crashed while on approach to Nha Trang Airport, Vietnam, resulting in the deaths of 30 occupants and the survival of one passenger. The aircraft descended below the minimum safe altitude and deviated 6 km off the W-13 airway over mountainous terrain. It impacted a ridge, striking trees and resulting in further impact at an elevation of 970 m. Rescue efforts took eight days.A Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft crashed while on approach to Nha Trang Airport, Vietnam, resulting in the deaths of 30 occupants and the survival of one passenger. The aircraft descended below the minimum safe altitude and deviated 6 km off the W-13 airway over mountainous terrain. It impacted a ridge, striking trees and resulting in further impact at an elevation of 970 m. Rescue efforts took eight days.
Description
Vietnam Airlines flight 474, a Yakovlev Yak-40, crashed while on approach to Nha Trang Airport, Vietnam, killing 30 occupants; one passenger survived. The aircraft, a Yak-40, operated on a domestic flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang. When descending towards Nha Trang the aircraft went below the minimum safe altitude. Also, the aircraft deviated 6 km off the W-13 airway. Flying over mountainous terrain, the aircraft impacted the top of a ridge, struck some trees and crashed 350 m further on, at an elevation of 970 m. Rescue workers reached the wreckage after eight days. Weather reported at Nha Trang was Wind 310ø 1 m/s, 3cu at 300 m, 5cu at 500 m and 8sc at 1500 m, temperature 25øc and QFE 758.9.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Loss of control due to descent below safe altitude and deviation from established flight path.Loss of control due to descent below safe altitude and deviation from established flight path.Share on:
