Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Friday 26 August 1988 |
Time: | 23:18 |
Type: | Let L-410MU |
Operator: | Aeroflot, Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-67235 |
MSN: | 770801 |
First flight: | 1977 |
Engines: | 2 Walter M-601A |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 21 km (13.1 mls) SE of Irkutsk Airport (IKT) ( Russia)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kirensk Airport (KCK/UIKK), Russia |
Destination airport: | Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Russia |
Narrative:The flight crew failed to set the altimeters to aerodrome setting during the approach in poor weather. The aircraft descended into trees on the slope of a mountain (at 700 m altitude), broke up and caught fire. Crew duty time had exceeded 15 hours when the crash happened.
Classification:
Insufficient rest / fatigue
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
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Soviet Transports» ICAO Adrep Summary 2/89 (#63)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kirensk Airport to Irkutsk Airport as the crow flies is 650 km (406 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
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.