ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-40 CCCP-87455 Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport
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Date:Friday 18 September 1981
Time:12:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic YK40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator:Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-87455
MSN: 9431236
First flight: 1974
Total airframe hrs:10455
Cycles:9784
Engines: 3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29
Total:Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 7
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:11 km (6.9 mls) E of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport (   Russia)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Russia
Destination airport:Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport (UIBV), Russia
Flightnumber:652
Narrative:
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.

Classification:
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Dmitriy Yertsov
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes


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Distance from Irkutsk Airport to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport as the crow flies is 466 km (291 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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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Yakovlev Yak-40

  • 1136 built
  • 40th loss
  • 21st fatal accident
  • 3rd worst accident (at the time)
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