- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 03, 2010 |
Time: | 0119 |
Location: | Igarka, Russia |
Operator: | Katekavia Airline |
Flight #: | KYU9357 |
Route: | Karsnoyarsk - Igarka |
AC Type: | Antonov An-24 V |
Registration: | RA-46524 |
cn / ln: | 47310003 |
Aboard: | 15 (passengers:12 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 12 (passengers:11 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane crashed while on approach to Igarka Airport in adverse weather conditions. Crew tried to land in below weather minimums. Execution of an approach in conditions worse than the weather minima of the airfield, aircraft, and pilot. The failure of the crew to take a timely decision for a missed approach when the plane descended below the minimum safe height in the absence of reliable visual contact with approach lights and runway lights. This caused the aircraft to strike trees and the ground in controlled flight. |
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