- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 30, 1977 |
Time: | 0839 |
Location: | Near Zhadanof, Russia |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | H-925 |
Route: | Dnepropetrovsk - Zhdanov |
AC Type: | Yakovlev YAK-40 |
Registration: | CCCP-87738 |
cn / ln: | 9010310 |
Aboard: | 27 (passengers:23 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 8 (passengers:5 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The crew continued their visual approach after entering an area of fog with visibility less than 500 m and losing sight of the ground. After deciding to go around, the right wing hit a 9-meter high pole. The wing caught fire and the number 2 engine failed. The fuselage hit the ground sideways in a field about 1,500 meters from the runway. The plane broke up and caught fire. The pilot-in-command decided to continue the approach below the glide under VFR mode in IMC conditions. |
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