ASN Aircraft accident Shijiazhuang Y-5 18152 Yongdeng County, Lanzhou, Gansu Province
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Tuesday 15 February 1966
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Shijiazhuang Y-5
Operator:CAAC
Registration: 18152
MSN:
First flight: 1961
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Yongdeng County, Lanzhou, Gansu Province (   China)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Lanzhou-Zhongchuan Airport (LHW/ZLLL), China
Destination airport:Xining Airport (XNN/ZLXN), China
Narrative:
Owing to the crew's navigation error (but not in poor visibility), the Y-5 flew into a mountainous area. The Y-5 hit treetops and crashed as the pilots tried to clear the terrain. All occupants survived, yet the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Classification:
Aircraft strayed off planned course
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Scramble 360
» Collection of Civil Aircraft Accidents 1949~1989. Compiled by CAAC.


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Distance from Lanzhou-Zhongchuan Airport to Xining Airport as the crow flies is 155 km (97 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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