Date: | Saturday 9 May 1992 |
Time: | |
Type: | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
Owner/operator: | Ararat Avia |
Registration: | CCCP-87532 |
MSN: | 9521641 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-25 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Sisian Airport -
Armenia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Stepanakert Airport (UBBS) |
Destination airport: | Yerevan Airport (EVN/UDYZ) |
Narrative:The Yak-40 operated on a charter flight from Stepanakert to Yerevan with 30 refugees aboard when it was attacked by an Azerbaijani Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 above the Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan. Two engines failed and a fire erupted with smoke filling the cabin. The pilots made an emergency descent and carried out a gear-up landing at Sisian Airport.
The Su-25 had been stolen from a Russian air base a month before by Senior Lt. Vagif Kurbanov, who was also involved in this event.
Sources:
Accident photo Air War over Nagorniy-Kharabakh, 1988-1994 (ACIG.org) airdisaster.ru Soviet Transports Location
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