Date: | Tuesday 20 March 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | Yakovlev Yak-40K |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Turkmenistan |
Registration: | CCCP-87930 |
MSN: | 9740156 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-25 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Chardzhou Airport (CRZ) -
Turkmenistan
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Ashgabat Airport (ASB/UTAA) |
Destination airport: | Chardzhou Airport (CRZ/UTAV) |
Narrative:A Yak-40 passenger plane crashed in a dacha colony close to Chardzhou Airport (CRZ), Turkmenistan. All 34 on board survived.
The airplane banked steeply to the left after entering wake turbulence of Mil Mi-6 helicopter during the approach to Chardzhou. The pilot lost control and the airplane impacted terrain short of the runway.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Dmitriy Yertsov
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