Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Friday 23 November 2001 |
Time: | 18:35 |
Type: | Antonov An-28 |
Operating for: | ELK Airways |
Leased from: | Enimex |
Registration: | ES-NOV |
MSN: | 1AJ003-03 |
First flight: | 1986 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1690 |
Engines: | 2 Glushenkov TVD-10B |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 14 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) from Kärdla ( Estonia)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL/EETN), Estonia |
Destination airport: | Kärdla Airport (KDL/EEKA), Estonia |
Flightnumber: | 1007 |
Narrative:ELK Airways flight 1007 departed Tallinn at 18:05 for a regular flight to Kärdla, on Hiiumaa Island. The Antonov took off from runway 08. It turned right on a direct course to the OZ beacon near Kärdla and climbed to the assigned cruising altitude of 6000 feet. At 18:19 the crew contacted Kärdla Tower: "Kärdla Tower, good evening, ELK1007, flight level 60 inbound OZ, request latest weather." The Tower controller then reported back with the latest weather information: "Good evening, actual weather at 20 minutes: Wind 020 degrees, 24 knots, visibility 8000 metres, snow, clouds overcast 1200 feet, broken 600 feet, temperature -0 degree, dewpoint -0 degree; QNH 1001, braking action is good, runway in use 32." One minute later the flight was cleared to descent to 1400 feet. At 18:29 the crew reported reaching 1400 feet, at 11 km from the airport. The airplane continued on a heading of 240 degrees towards the OZ NDB beacon, which was the Final Approach Fix (FAF) located about 4 km from the runway threshold. The crew continued their descent and initiated a slow turn towards the runway some 2,5 km short of the FAF. The aircraft descended into trees some 1,5 km short of the threshold when it was almost lined up with the runway.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
Sources:
» Harri Erho : Postimees
Photos
accident date:
23-11-2001type: Antonov An-28
registration: ES-NOV
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 Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport to Kärdla Airport as the crow flies is 122 km (76 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from 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.