Plane crash of the Yak-40 near Krasnovodsk. 1975
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Plane crash of the Yak-40 near Krasnovodsk. 1975

Plane crash Yak-40 Azerbaijan CAA near Krasnovodsk

Date of the crash: November 15.08.1975, XNUMX

Time of the crash: 22:01

Country of the crash: the USSR

Location of the crash: Turkmen SSR, near Krasnovodsk

aircraft Brand: Yak-40

Registration of aircraft: CCCP87323

Name of air carrier: Aeroflot (USSR)

Subdivision: CAA Azerbaijan, Baku OJSC

Flight: A53

Chronology of events:

When the bank reaches 45 degrees in 22: 01, a sliding touch is made with the right end of the wing of the surface of the mountain, the flight path is 300-320 degrees. The left bank eventually fell to 10-15 degrees. At that moment, a blow hit the bottom of the fuselage on the rock, the right plane, the right landing gear and the right engine came off. The plane, spinning around the transverse and longitudinal axes, fell to the ground. The first impact on the shore rock took place at an altitude of 159 m (79 m above the level of the strip) at an instrument speed of 150 km / h to the left of the axis of the 210 m strip and at a distance of 4700 m. The second blow took place at an altitude of 165 m at 25 m from the first (85 M above the aerodrome level). Then, turning to the right, with a roll about 90 degrees, the plane crashed into the ground. The left plane separated at impact and the fuselage collapsed.

Data on victims:

Total on board were people 38: 4 34 crew members and passengers. Total killed 23 people: crew 2, 21 passengers.

Details of the crash:

Phase of flight: approach

Identify the causes of the crash: the weather

Data on the plane:

aircraft Brand: Yak-40

Aircraft ID: CCCP87323

Country where registered aircraft: the USSR

Date of manufacture of the aircraft: 31.08.1973

The serial number of the aircraft: 9330230

Hours aircraft: 2130

The cycles of use of the aircraft: 1914

Engines: H H 5322039 5322069 5322051 H

Flight data:

Flight: A53

Tour type: Regular passenger

The aviation company Aeroflot (USSR)

Division: CAA Azerbaijan, Baku OJSC

The country, which was registered aviation company: USSR

Flying from: Baku (Bean)

Flying in: Krasnovodsk

Original item: Baku (Bean)

A final point: Krasnovodsk

Additional information:

Information about the crew:

KBC Caro Gazarovich Kocharian

copilot Aziz Gambarovich Gambarov

mechanic Sergey H. Goodman (deceased)

Flight N. Suslin (died)

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