Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Riga – Leningrad – Kirov

MSN:

0 73 064 10

YOM:

1970

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Aircraft flight hours:

11711

Aircraft flight cycles:

8920

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The crew was performing a flight from Riga to Kirov with an intermediate stop in Leningrad. The approach was started by night and below minima-weather conditions. On final approach, the aircraft dropped below the glide path and the captain switched off the ground proximity warning system so the aircraft hit tree tops some 1,700 metres before the inner marker, stalled and crashed in a wooded area located 2,165 metres before the runway threshold. All 5 crew members and 23 of the 39 passengers were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

The crew decided to complete the approach while the weather conditions were below minima. Following a wrong approach configuration, the captain allowed the aircraft to drop below the glide path and switched off the GPWS' alarm that was sounding in the cockpit, causing the aircraft to collide with trees and to crash.

Crash of a Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander on Mactan Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 8, 1976

Type of aircraft:

Britten-Norman Islander

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Registration:

RP-C2135

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MSN:

439

YOM:

1975

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Crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all seven occupants.

Crash of a Vickers 806 Viscount in Manado

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1976

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viscount

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Registration:

PK-RVK

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MSN:

260

YOM:

1958

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The four engine aircraft landed 520 metres past the runway threshold. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, it overran, struck a ditch and came to rest 180 metres further. All 16 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Britten-Norman BN-2A-3 Islander in Ngorongoro

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1976

Type of aircraft:

Britten-Norman Islander

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Registration:

5Y-AUA

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MSN:

275

YOM:

1971

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Crashed in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-124V in Moscow: 62 killed

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1976 at 1005 LT

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-124

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-45037

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Schedule:

Moscow - Minsk - Brest

MSN:

2 35 10 02

YOM:

1962

Flight number:

SU2003

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Aircraft flight hours:

17014

Aircraft flight cycles:

14409

Circumstances:

26 seconds after takeoff from runway 24 at Moscow-Vnukovo Airport, while climbing to a height of 200 metres, the crew retracted the landing gear and reduced the engine power to nominal value. Once the altitude of 250 metres was reached, while at a speed of 340 km/h, the airplane entered a right turn when the crew was cleared to climb to 1,500 metres. The crew failed to acknowledge this clearance when seven seconds later, the airplane entered a left turn, nosed down and crashed at a speed of 550 km/h onto a house located 5,400 meters from the runway end and 1,800 metres to the right of its extended centerline. The aircraft and the house were totally destroyed and all 61 occupants were killed as well as one people in the house. Another person on the ground was injured.

Probable cause:

It was determined that both artificial horizons failed during initial climb for undetermined reasons. The combination of this instrument failure and a limited visibility caused the pilots to suffer a spatial disorientation and then a loss of control.

Crash of a Boeing 720-023B near Al Qaysumah: 82 killed

Date & Time: Jan 1, 1976 at 0530 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 720

Operator:

Registration:

OD-AFT

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

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Site:

Desert

Schedule:

Beirut - Dubai - Muscat

MSN:

18020/165

YOM:

1960

Flight number:

ME438

Location:

Al Qaysumah

ash-Sharqīyah (الشرقية‎)

Country:

Saudi Arabia

Region:

Asia

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The aircraft was on its way from Beirut to Dubai, cruising at an altitude of 37,000 feet by night when it disappeared from radar screens at 0530LT. The crew was unable to send any distress call. The wreckage was later found about 37 km northwest of Al Qaysumah, in the Saudi desert. Debris scattered on a wide area and none of the 82 occupants survived the crash.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the accident was the consequence of the explosion of a bomb that has been placed in the front cargo compartment. The detonation at high altitude caused an explosive decompression of the cabin and the total disintegration of the airplane.

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

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1975

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

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Registration:

CCCP-09233

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1G22-11

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1962

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Crashed upon landing somewhere in Russia. There were no casualties. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in 1975.

Crash of a Beechcraft 99 Airliner near Slave Lake: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 29, 1975 at 0830 LT

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft 99 Airliner

Operator:

Bayview Air Services

Registration:

C-GWYD

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Edmonton - Slave Lake - Peace River

MSN:

U-113

YOM:

1969

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While descending to Slave Lake, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane crashed in a wooded area located 16 km from the airfield. All nine passengers were seriously injured while both pilots were killed.
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Crash of a Boeing 707-331B in Milan

Date & Time: Dec 22, 1975 at 1029 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 707

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Registration:

N18701

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