Plane crash Yak-40 Latvian CAA in Novgorod
Date of the crash: November 22.10.1975, XNUMX
Time of the crash: 16:53
Country of the crash: the USSR
Location of the crash: Novgorod
aircraft Brand: Yak-40
Registration of aircraft: CCCP87458
Name of air carrier: Aeroflot (USSR)
Subdivision: CAA Latvia, Riga JSC
Flight: L98
Chronology of events:
The plane flew with the right bank and crashed into a four-story residential building (Karl Marx Avenue, 3) on the opposite side of the avenue. The impact passed between the third and second floors and caused the collapse of the floors at a width of 10 m from the second to the fourth floors. The plane collapsed completely and burnt. The fire arose in the part of the house, trees and a car caught fire. The printing house damaged the roof. All who were on board and 4 people who are in the apartments of the house (including a child of seven years old) were killed. The woman who lived in the house died in the hospital from burns 25 October. Eight passers-by who were on the street were injured (in one fracture of the base of the skull and in one - a concussion on the fall of debris on them, others received burns).
Data on victims:
Total on board were people 6: 4 2 crew members and passengers. On the ground was 5 people. Total killed 11 people: 4 crew members, passengers and 2 5 people on earth.
Details of the crash:
Phase of flight: approach
Identify the causes of the crash: ATC error, the error of the crew.
Data on the plane:
aircraft Brand: Yak-40
Aircraft ID: CCCP87458
Country where registered aircraft: the USSR
Date of manufacture of the aircraft: 1974
The serial number of the aircraft: 9431736
Hours aircraft: 2002
The cycles of use of the aircraft: 1500
Engines: H H 5412159 5422124 5422048 H
Flight data:
Flight: L98
Tour type: Regular passenger
The aviation company Aeroflot (USSR)
Division: CAA of Latvia, Riga JSC
The country, which was registered aviation company: USSR
Flying from: Leningrad (Smolny)
Flying in: Novgorod
Original item: Syktyvkar
A final point: Riga
Additional information:
Information about the crew:
KBC Boris Sizov
second pilot Oleg Korzhenko
flight engineer Nikolai Stepanovich Veles
Flight Svetlana Maximova