Asia

National Capital Territory of Delhi

Schedule:

New Delhi - New Delhi

MSN:

21763

YOM:

1979

Location:

New Delhi-Indira Gandhi

Country:

India

Region:

Asia

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Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

7263

Captain / Total hours on type:

2821.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

556

Copilot / Total hours on type:

166

Aircraft flight hours:

25947

Aircraft flight cycles:

2861

Circumstances:

The aircraft was engaged in a local training flight at New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport, carrying one instructor and three trainee pilots. Five circuits and landings were completed uneventfully and during the sixth touch-and-go exercice, after take off from runway 28, the aircraft took a left turn and crashed on the international apron. The aircraft collided with an Aeroflot Ilyushin II-86 registered RA-86119 that was parked on the apron, bay n°45. Both aircraft were destroyed by fire. All four crew members on board the Boeing 737 were killed as well as four people on board the II-86 and one on the ground.

Probable cause:

Loss of control after rotation due to application of wrong rudder by trainee pilot during engine failure exercice. The instructor did not guard/block the rudder control and give clear commands as instructor so as to obviate the application of wrong rudder control by the trainee pilot.

Final Report:

Crash of an Ilyushin II-86 in New Delhi: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1994 at 1200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-86

Operator:

Registration:

RA-86119

Flight Phase:

Parking

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

National Capital Territory of Delhi

Schedule:

New Delhi - Tashkent - Moscow

MSN:

51483209087

YOM:

1985

Location:

New Delhi-Indira Gandhi

Country:

India

Region:

Asia

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Circumstances:

An Air Sahara (Sahara Airlines) boeing 737-2R4C registered VT-SIA was engaged in a local training flight at New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport, carrying one instructor and three trainee pilots. Five circuits and landings were completed uneventfully and during the sixth touch-and-go exercice, after take off from runway 28, the aircraft took a left turn and crashed on the international apron. The aircraft collided with an Aeroflot Ilyushin II-86 registered RA-86119 that was parked on the apron, bay n°45. Both aircraft were destroyed by fire. All four crew members on board the Boeing 737 were killed as well as four people on board the II-86 and one on the ground.

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Crash of an Antonov AN-12BP in Nalcik: 13 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1994 at 1116 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-12

Operator:

Registration:

RA-11118

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria

Schedule:

Saint Petersburg - Volgograd - Nalcik

MSN:

01 348 002

YOM:

1971

Flight number:

FV9045

Location:

Nalcik

Country:

Russia

Region:

Asia

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Circumstances:

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from St Petersburg to Nalcik with an intermediate stop in Volgograd, carrying seven passengers, six crew members and a load of 12,5 tons of coins minted in St Petersburg. On final approach, at a distance of 8 km from the airport, at a speed of 260 km/h, flaps were selected down to an angle of 35°. Thirty seconds later, the aircraft started to pitch up and down then nosed up to an angle of 15°. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed at a speed of 414 km/h in a nose down angle of 55° in an open field located 4,5 km short of runway threshold. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 13 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the loss of control was the consequence of an excessive accumulation of ice on stabilizers. Information transmitted to the crew regarding weather conditions at destination did not reflect the actual situation and did not mention any icing conditions.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12B in Anadyr

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1994 at 2336 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-12

Operator:

AeroVolga

Registration:

CCCP-11340

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Khatanga - Anadyr

MSN:

00 347 504

YOM:

1970

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Circumstances:

The aircraft was performing a night cargo flight from Khatanga to Anadyr, carrying five passengers, six crew members and a load of vodka. The approach was completed in poor visibility due to heavy snow falls. Too high on the glide, the aircraft landed too far down the runway and was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran and came to rest in a ravine. All 11 occupants escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration on part of the crew who should initiate a go-around as the aircraft was too high on the glide.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Omsukchan

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1994 at 1616 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-24

Operator:

KolymaAvia

Registration:

RA-47718

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

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Schedule:

Magadan - Omsukchan - Susuman - Magadan

MSN:

69900701

YOM:

1966

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Aircraft flight hours:

38294

Aircraft flight cycles:

29173

Circumstances:

During the takeoff roll, at a speed of 170 km/h, the aircraft deviated to the right and collided with a snow bank. It cartwheeled and came to rest. While all 53 occupants evacuated safely, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the runway surface was contaminated with snow and has not been cleared prior to takeoff. It was also reported that the runway lights and edge markings were not clearly visible due to snow.

Crash of an Antonov AN-22 in Antonovo: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 19, 1994

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-22

Operator:

Registration:

RA-09331

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Schedule:

Hahn - Tver - Voronezh

MSN:

02340408

YOM:

1972

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Circumstances:

After takeoff from Tver-Migalovo AFB, while climbing, the crew reported control problems. The aircraft rolled to the right and crashed near Antonovo, 16 km southwest of Tver AFB. Three occupants were seriously injured while seven others were killed.

Probable cause:

The accident was caused by the failure of an aileron control rod. Nevertheless, representatives from Antonov disagreed, stating icing caused the loss of control.

Crash of a Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander in Kualakapuas

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1994

Type of aircraft:

Britten-Norman Islander

Operator:

Registration:

PK-VIV

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Sampit - Banjarmasin

MSN:

852

YOM:

1977

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Circumstances:

About 30 minutes into the flight, while in cruising altitude, the pilot noted a loss of power on the left engine. At the same time, the oil pressure dropped while the engine temperature increased. In such situation, the pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in an open field located in Kualakapuas, some 63 km northwest of Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor Airport. All 10 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-154 in Irkoutsk: 125 killed

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1994 at 1207 LT

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-154

Operator:

Registration:

RA-85656

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Irkutsk - Moscow

MSN:

89A801

YOM:

1989

Flight number:

BKL130

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Crew on board:

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Pax on board:

115

Pax fatalities:

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Total fatalities:

125

Circumstances:

While preparing the flight, the crew encountered technical problems with the engine n°2 and 17 minutes were necessary to start all three engines. A technical issue occurred with the starter of the engine n°2 and a warning light came on in the cockpit. The crew did not find any corrective actions in the operations manual and as he thought the warning was false, decided to take off. Four minutes after the aircraft departed Irkutsk Airport runway 12, while climbing, the starter located in the engine n°2 failed. Debris scattered around and hydraulic and fuel lines were cut. The crew declared an emergency and was cleared for an immediate return after the engine n°2 caught fire. Unfortunately, the crew was unable to extinguish the fire and the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and eventually crashed on farm buildings located about 11 km from the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 124 occupants were killed as well as one farmer. Another farmer was seriously injured.

Probable cause:

The commission found that the air starter malfunction occurred when the engine was started due to a structural element of the air conditioning system, probably a fragment of the air-to-air radiator (VVR) splitter of engine n°2, hit under the constant pressure flap. This became possible due to the lack of protection against the ingress of foreign objects from the air lines and the low operational reliability of the VVR. A constant supply of air under pressure from the engines operating at a mode close to the nominal through an open damper led to the starter not switching off and the turbine rotor spinning up to off-design speed with the alarm "Dangerous starter speed" being triggered, which was detected by the flight engineer after starting all the engines. Pressing the starter shutdown button did not turn off the alarm. There were no other signs of failure other than the operation of the warning lamp. The crew, believing that the alarm was false, made the wrong decision to take off, which was a consequence of the unwillingness to act in such a situation due to shortcomings in the regulatory documentation, information support, as well as insufficient information content of the starter's technical condition monitoring system in the cockpit. Laying the mains of all three hydraulic systems through the fire-hazardous compartment of the engine n°2 is a constructive disadvantage of the Tu-154M aircraft.

Crash of a GAF Nomad N.22B off Zamboanga

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1993

Type of aircraft:

GAF Nomad N.22

Operator:

Registration:

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Landing (descent or approach)

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Zamboanga - Catobato City

MSN:

YOM:

1975

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Circumstances:

The crew departed Zamboanga City Airport on a survey flight for a missing vessel. En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to ditch the aircraft in the Igat Bay off Zamboanga. All six occupants were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26B in Gyumri: 35 killed

Date & Time: Dec 26, 1993 at 2057 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

RA-26141

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site: