Scheduled Revenue Flight

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Kangiqsualujjuaq (Wakeham Bay)

Schedule:

Quaqtaq - Kangiqsujuaq

MSN:

566

YOM:

1978

Location:

Quebec

Country:

Canada

Region:

North America

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Circumstances:

After touchdown, the crew lost control of the airplane that veered off runway, struck a ditch and came to rest. All 13 occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the loss of control upon touchdown was the consequence of strong crosswinds.

Crash of a Boeing 727-200 in Tegucigalpa: 127 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1989 at 0753 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 727-200

Operator:

Registration:

N88705

Flight Phase:

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Site:

Schedule:

San José - Managua - Tegucigalpa - Houston

MSN:

19514

YOM:

1968

Flight number:

SH414

Location:

Tegucigalpa-Toncontin

Francisco Morazán

Country:

Honduras

Region:

Central America

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

138

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

131

Circumstances:

Following an uneventful flight from Managua, the crew started a night descent to Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport. The standard approach to runway 01 consisted of a three-steps descent from the initial approach fix altitude of 7,500 feet. For unknown reasons, the crew failed to follow this procedure and started the descent prematurely and with a constant descent profile from a distance of 11 nm from the airport. This caused the aircraft to descend below the glide when, at an altitude of 4,000 feet, it struck the slope of Cerro de Hula (4,800 feet high) located 7,7 km short of runway 01. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and 15 people, including four crew members, were rescued while 131 other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the crew failed to follow the approach procedures and initiated a premature descent, causing the aircraft to follow a wrong approach profile.
The following contributing factors were reported:
- The crew experience was insufficient,
- Negligences on part of the crew,
- Poor crew coordination,
- The crew failed to take appropriate actions when the GPWS alarm sounded,
- Lack of visibility caused by night and marginal weather conditions,
- Absence of visual reference points on the ground.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP in Pripolyarnyy

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1989

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-01438

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

1G231-18

YOM:

1988

Location:

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Circumstances:

En route, the engine caught fire and the crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field. There were no casualties.

Probable cause:

The engine caught fire in flight after the exhaust pipe failed in icing conditions.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Ufa

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1989

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-02699

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Republic of Bashkortostan

MSN:

1G124-05

YOM:

1971

Location:

Ufa

Country:

Russia

Region:

Asia

Crew on board:

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Circumstances:

After landing, the single engine aircraft struck an obstacle and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Cessna 402C Utililiner II in Urpay: 12 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1989

Type of aircraft:

Cessna 402

Operator:

Transportes Aéreos Unidos de la Selva Amazonica - TAUSA

Registration:

OB-T-1254

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Urpay - Uchiza

MSN:

402C-0638

YOM:

1982

Location:

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Region:

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Circumstances:

After takeoff from Urpay Airport, the twin engine aircraft encountered difficulties to gain sufficient altitude and struck a mountain. All 12 occupants were killed.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV in Stepnogorsk

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1989

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-24

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-46525

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Tselinograd – Stepnogorsk

MSN:

47310004

YOM:

1974

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Aircraft flight hours:

27444

Aircraft flight cycles:

22767

Circumstances:

Following an uneventful flight from Tselinograd, the crew started the approach to the Stepnogorsk Airfield equipped with a grassy runway of 1,305 meters long. After a wrong approach configuration, the pilot-in-command was too high over the threshold and the approach speed was excessive (240 km/h iso the requested 210-220 km/h). This caused the aircraft to land too far down the runway, about 893 meters past the runway threshold. The crew started the braking procedure about 300 meters before the end of the runway so the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran at a speed of 88 km/h and struck a 1,2 meter high concrete pillar that was part of the perimeter fence and came to rest. Despite the accident and the fact that the airplane was severely damaged, the captain decided to roll to the main apron so he added engine power when the aircraft hit obstacles, ditches and holes in the ground. Propellers broke away and the captain stopped the aircraft. All 52 occupants evacuated safely but the aircraft was written off.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration on part of the crew who continued the final approach too high and at an excessive speed, causing the aircraft to land too far down a short runway. The crew failed to initiate a go-around procedure, which was considered as a contributory factor.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 near Yar-Sale

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1989

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-33078

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

1 140 473 06

YOM:

1960

Location:

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Region:

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Circumstances:

The crew was performing a regional flight from the Yamal peninsula when the engine failed enroute. The aircraft crash landed in the tundra near Yar-Sale and was damaged beyond repair as the landing gear, the propeller and the lower wings were broken. There were no casualties.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Boeing 737-2F9 in Lagos

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1989

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 737-200

Operator:

Registration:

5N-ANX

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

22772

YOM:

1982

Location:

Lagos-Murtala Muhammed

Lagos

Country:

Nigeria

Region:

Africa

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

129

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

Following a normal approach, the aircraft landed on a wet runway and was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, lost its nose gear and came to rest few dozen meters further. All 135 occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Cessna 404 Titan II in Banjarmasin: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1989

Type of aircraft:

Cessna 404 Titan

Operator:

Registration:

PK-KCC

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Flight Type:

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