Mountains

The aircraft was completing an aerial work mission (calibration), carrying six crew members. En route, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located on the slope of Mt Khrebtovaya located in the Bolchoï Khekhtsir Mountain Range. The wreckage was found a day later at an altitude of 786 metres and some 38-40 km southwest from the Khabarovsk-Novy Airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and all six occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced to 2 km due to low clouds.

The twin engine aircraft departed Nabire Airport at 0640LT on a cargo flight to Bilogai, carrying three crew members and a load of building materials. On approach to Bilogai-Sugapa Airport, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions when the aircraft impacted trees and crashed on the slope of a mountain. The wreckage was found about three hours later at an altitude of 2,400 metres some 3,4 km west of the airfield. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all three occupants were killed.

Owned and operated by the Russian Navy, the aircraft was dispatched in Turkey in July to help the Turkish government (General Directorate of Forestry) to fight raging forest fires in the southeast part of the country. On board were eight crew members, five Russian and three Turkish. After the aircraft drop water on fire, the crew elected to gain height when the aircraft impacted terrain and crashed on the slope of a mountain, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 8 occupants were killed.

The single engine airplane departed Ketchikan on a local excursion with five passengers and one pilot on board. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed 8 miles northeast of Ketchikan, in the area of the Misty Fjords National Monument. The Coast Guard got an emergency signal from the aircraft around 1120LT. The wreckage was found around 1430LT on a ridgeline at an altitude of 1,400 feet. All six occupants were killed, among them five tourists who just arrived in Ketchikan from the Holland America Line cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam.

The twin engine aircraft departed Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport in the early morning on a local training mission. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded and hilly terrain located in the region of Restrepo. All three crew members were killed.

While in cruising altitude on a flight from Muskogee, OK, to Williston, FL, the single engine crashed in unknown circumstances on hilly terrain near Waltreak, AR. Both occupants were killed.

In the morning, the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances on the slope of a mountain near Marsabit, while on a cargo flight. Both pilots were killed.

While descending to Winchester Municipal Airport, TN, the twin engine aircraft crashed in a wooded area located on Mt Keith Spring, about 10 km southwest of Winchester Airport runway 36 threshold. All three occupants were killed.

On approach to Voi Airport, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Irima located about 9 km north from runway 18 threshold. All four occupants were killed. Registration unconfirmed.

The aircraft departed Troutdale Airport at 1248LT on a flight to Boise. Over the region of Dant, while cruising at an altitude of 31,000 feet, the aircraft initiated a turn to the right. About two minutes later, as its altitude was decreasing, the aircraft entered a spiral right turn and completed almost 10 circles before it crashed at high speed (about 384 knots according to the radar) on the slope of Mt Mutton, some 16 km southwest of the village of Dant. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and both occupants were killed. According to ATC record, the crew was cleared to climb to FL230 direct to Boise, but for unknown reasons, the crew continued to climb above FL230 without permission until control was lost at FL310.