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Crash of a Pilatus PC-12/45 in the Sea of Okhotsk
Date & Time:
Jul 8, 2001 at 1345 LT
Registration:
N660NR
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hakodate - Magadan
MSN:
356
YOM:
2000
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On July 8, 2001, approximately 1345 local time (0245UTC), a Pilatus PC-12/45, N660NR, registered to a US private owner, operated by Jeflyn Aviation, Inc. doing business as Access Air, and being flown by a US certificated airline transport rated pilot, was presumed destroyed following a ditching in the Sea of Okhotsk, Western Pacific Ocean. The pilot sustained minor injuries and the three remaining Japanese passengers were uninjured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an IFR flight plan had been filed and activated. The flight, which was returning to the United States following a round-the-world trip, was being operated under 14CFR91 as a business trip. The aircraft had originated from Hakodate, Japan, departing 0910 hours local time and was destined for Magadan, Russia. The pilot reported in a telephonic interview that the aircraft was established in cruise at 8,100 meters altitude when he felt a vibration followed by a rapid increase in the engine's Turbine Temperature Indication (TTI). He reported that the TTI reached 1144 degrees during which there was a compressor stall. He shut the engine down, feathered the propeller, and initiated a power off emergency descent. During the emergency descent the pilot radioed a mayday on 121.5 MHz, set his transponder to code 7700, and manually activated the emergency locator beacon. The aircraft descended through multiple cloud layers during which the pilot and passengers prepared for the ditching. The pilot reported that upon breaking through the bottom of the last overcast layer, at 100 feet above the water, he encountered swells of approximately 8-12 feet height. He ditched the aircraft on the crest of a swell and the aircraft came to a stop floating in an upright, level attitude. All four occupants exited the aircraft through the main cabin door into a life raft. Over a period of several hours the occupants lost sight of the floating aircraft and after about 15 hours they were picked up by a Russian container ship and airlifted to Sakhalin Island.
Probable cause:
Engine failure for unknown reasons.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Yakutia
Date & Time:
Aug 14, 1998
Operator:
Registration:
RA-40681
MSN:
1G214-39
YOM:
1985
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in a river bed somewhere in Yakutia. Occupant's fate unknown.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Novoalekseevskaya
Date & Time:
Sep 26, 1993
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-68150
MSN:
1G196-43
YOM:
1982
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Novoalekseevskaya.
Crash of an Antonov AN-2T in Yakutia
Date & Time:
Dec 8, 1991
Registration:
CCCP-33137
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1143 473 11
YOM:
1960
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in rough terrain (somewhere in Yakutia?) after the crew attempted a forced landing for unknown reasons. There were no casualties.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in the Laptev Sea
Date & Time:
Apr 24, 1987 at 1645 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-62566
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1G176-35
YOM:
1977
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Chokurdakh Airport with four scientists and a crew of five on board. The goal of the mission was to locate landing zones in the Arctic region and Laptev Sea. After landing on a drifting icy floe, the skis went through the ice and the aircraft came to rest. All nine occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Russia
Date & Time:
Apr 15, 1987
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-56436
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1G181-20
YOM:
1978
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Russia, date exact unknown (somewhere in April 1987). No casualties.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2T in Yakutia
Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1982
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-62489
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1G42-37
YOM:
1964
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Suffered an accident in unknown circumstances somewhere in Yakutia. Went through the ice and partially sank. There were no casualties.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in the Irkutsk oblast: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 30, 1980 at 1800 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-32275
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Irkutsk – Kachug – Nizhneangarsk
MSN:
1G96-37
YOM:
1968
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Aircraft flight hours:
9745
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Irkutsk Airport at 1530LT on a flight to Nizhneangarsk, Buryatia, with an intermediate stop in Kachug, carrying one passenger, two pilots and a load of 800 kilos of various goods on behalf of a geological expedition. Following a fuel stop in Kachug, the crew departed Kachug Airport at 1710LT in marginal weather conditions. At 1727LT, the crew requested and was cleared to descend from 2,700 meters to 2,300 meters for unknown reasons. Twelve minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 2,300 meters, the crew informed ATC about his position in the region of the Touloun Lake and gave his ETA for the next point over Cape Sheremshan at 1815LT. As the crew failed to contact ATC and the aircraft did not arrive in Nizhneangarsk, SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned 17 days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the three occupants was found. It is believed that the airplane crashed in a mountainous region located northwest of Baïkal Lake, near the border between Irkutsk oblast and the Republic of Buryatia.
Probable cause:
Due to lack of evidences as the wreckage was not found, the exact cause of the accident could not be determined. However, the following three hypothesis were not ruled out:
- Loss of control due to severe icing,
- Engine failure,
- Controlled flight into terrain while cruising in clouds.
- Loss of control due to severe icing,
- Engine failure,
- Controlled flight into terrain while cruising in clouds.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in the Kara Sea
Date & Time:
Apr 13, 1980
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-62479
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1G42-27
YOM:
1964
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a choice of landing sites on drifting ice in the Kara Sea. Upon landing on ice, the right ski struck a blow of snow. Both skis were torn off while the fuselage and both lower wings received significant damages. All five occupants were rescued while the aircraft was abandoned on site and later sank during ice hummock.
Probable cause:
The aircraft was slightly of course upon landing compare to the first landing aircraft.
