Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Thursday 13 January 2005 |
Time: | 16:10 |
Type: | Antonov An-2 |
Operator: | Tura Air Enterprise |
Registration: | RA-62597 |
MSN: | 1G177-44 |
First flight: | 1978 |
Engines: | 1 Shvetsov ASh-62IR |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Tura ( Russia)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Vanavara (UNIW), Russia |
Destination airport: | Tura (UNIT), Russia |
Narrative:Flew into the side of a hill at an elevation of 475 feet. The aircraft struck the ground in a 10-degrees nose down and 40-degree right bank attitude at a speed of 160 km/h
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 459
» MAK Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
Photos
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 Vanavara to Tura as the crow flies is 449 km (281 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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.