Country
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Moscow oblast
Crash of an Embraer ERJ-145EP in Moscow
Date & Time:
Apr 28, 2011 at 1625 LT
Operator:
Registration:
UR-DNK
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dniepropetrovsk – Moscow
MSN:
145-039
YOM:
1997
Flight number:
UDN505
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
30
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful flight from Dniepropetrovsk, the copilot started the approach to Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport runway 25R with the flaps down at 22°. After touchdown, he started the braking procedure but the aircraft failed to decelerate as expected. The emergency braking systems were activated without any noticeable effect. Approaching the end of the runway at a speed of 70 knots, the copilot turn to the right in an attempt to veer off runway. The airplane ground looped then contacted a grassy area and lost its undercarriage before coming to rest. All 34 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Failure of the brakes is suspected.
Crash of a Tupolev TU-154M in Moscow: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 4, 2010 at 1436 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RA-85744
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Moscow - Makhatchkala
MSN:
92A-927
YOM:
1992
Flight number:
DAG372
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
160
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Captain / Total hours on type:
10000.00
Copilot / Total hours on type:
1150
Aircraft flight hours:
9285
Aircraft flight cycles:
2983
Circumstances:
Daghestan Airlines (Avialinii Dagestana) flight DAG372 departed Moscow-Vnukovo Airport at 1408LT bound for Makhatchkala, Daghestan. Fourteen minutes after takeoff, while cruising at an altitude of 9,000 metres some 80 kilometers south of Moscow, the crew informed ATC about the failure of the engines n°1 and 3 and was cleared to return to Moscow-Domodedovo Airport. On final, the aircraft descended below the clouds at a height of 500 feet but was not properly aligned with the runway centerline. It landed hard to the right of runway 32R, went out of control, impacted an earth mound and bushed before coming to rest, broken in two. Two passengers were killed while 78 other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
Erroneous actions on part of the crew who, while landing in instrument meteorological conditions with one engine running, permitted the aircraft to touch down significantly to the right of the runway.
These actions were the result of following factors:
- The flight engineer inadvertently turned off the fuel booster pumps of the service tank while working the procedures for manual fuel transfer during the climb, which led to fuel starvation, all engines spooling down with the outer engines (#1 and #3) shutting down as well as loss of electrical power for 2:23 minutes due to loss of all three generators
- Failure by the crew to take use of all available possibilities to restore on-board systems after generator #2 was recovered and the APU spooled up and was successfully connected
- Failure to comply with recommendations "flying with two engines inoperative" and "approach and landing with two engines inoperative"
- Lack of leadership and lack of management and distribution of responsibilities by the captain leading to independent but not always accurate actions by the other crew members as result of insufficient training in crew resource management
- A complex wind environment varying with heights which contributed to the deviation from the proper approach trajectory while the crew was flying on stand by instruments rather than regular instruments
- Insufficient training of the crew as a whole as well as each individual to act in emergency and complex scenarios
- The non-implementation of safety recommendations developed in earlier investigations to prevent the flight engineer inadvertently turn off the fuel booster pumps.
These actions were the result of following factors:
- The flight engineer inadvertently turned off the fuel booster pumps of the service tank while working the procedures for manual fuel transfer during the climb, which led to fuel starvation, all engines spooling down with the outer engines (#1 and #3) shutting down as well as loss of electrical power for 2:23 minutes due to loss of all three generators
- Failure by the crew to take use of all available possibilities to restore on-board systems after generator #2 was recovered and the APU spooled up and was successfully connected
- Failure to comply with recommendations "flying with two engines inoperative" and "approach and landing with two engines inoperative"
- Lack of leadership and lack of management and distribution of responsibilities by the captain leading to independent but not always accurate actions by the other crew members as result of insufficient training in crew resource management
- A complex wind environment varying with heights which contributed to the deviation from the proper approach trajectory while the crew was flying on stand by instruments rather than regular instruments
- Insufficient training of the crew as a whole as well as each individual to act in emergency and complex scenarios
- The non-implementation of safety recommendations developed in earlier investigations to prevent the flight engineer inadvertently turn off the fuel booster pumps.
Final Report:
Crash of a Tupolev TU-204-100 in Moscow
Date & Time:
Mar 22, 2010 at 0235 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RA-64011
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hurghada - Moscow
MSN:
14507413640
YOM:
1993
Flight number:
TUP1906
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total hours on type:
1868.00
Copilot / Total hours on type:
979
Aircraft flight hours:
18335
Aircraft flight cycles:
4795
Circumstances:
The aircraft was returning to Moscow on a ferry flight after passengers have been dropped off in Hurghada. On approach to Moscow-Domodedovo Airport, the visibility was low due to foggy conditions. Horizontal visibility on runway 14L threshold was 1,300 meters and vertical visibility was 200 feet. In flight, the flight computer failed and the crew continued the approach below minimums. Despite he was not able to establish a visual contact with the runway, the captain continued the approach and failed to initiate a go-around procedure. The aircraft descended below the glide, impacted trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located 1,450 metres short of runway. All eight occupants were injured, three seriously. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
The crew performed an approach in below-minima weather conditions for an airplane with a defective flight computer. The crew failed to initiate a go-around procedure while unable to establish a visual contact with the runway.
Contributing factors were:
- Insufficient training of the crew to perform approaches at or near weather minimums,
- Lack of control over the activities of the crew, which led to poor resource management (CRM) of the captain,
- Failure of the flight control computer system, which led to an increase in the allowed weather minima of the aircraft,
- Failure of captain to divert to another airport,
- Failure of captain to decide about a missed approach when there was visual contact with the approach lights,
- Failure of the co-pilot to call for a missed approach,
- Unsatisfactory interaction in the crew, resulting in a descent below safe altitude.
Contributing factors were:
- Insufficient training of the crew to perform approaches at or near weather minimums,
- Lack of control over the activities of the crew, which led to poor resource management (CRM) of the captain,
- Failure of the flight control computer system, which led to an increase in the allowed weather minima of the aircraft,
- Failure of captain to divert to another airport,
- Failure of captain to decide about a missed approach when there was visual contact with the approach lights,
- Failure of the co-pilot to call for a missed approach,
- Unsatisfactory interaction in the crew, resulting in a descent below safe altitude.
Final Report:
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Bol’shoye Gryzlovo: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 27, 2008 at 1756 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RA-01132
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bol’shoye Gryzlovo - Bol’shoye Gryzlovo
MSN:
1G238-60
YOM:
1990
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Bol’shoye Gryzlovo Airport at 1753LT on a local aerial photography mission, carrying three photographer and two pilots. Three minutes after takeoff, the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft struck power cables and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. All five occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Collision of the aircraft with power lines during a forced landing following an engine failure in flight.
The following contributing factors were identified:
- The aircraft was refueled with a poor quality fuel prior to the last flight,
- Lack of fuel quality control during its storage, transportation and refueling process.
The following contributing factors were identified:
- The aircraft was refueled with a poor quality fuel prior to the last flight,
- Lack of fuel quality control during its storage, transportation and refueling process.
Crash of an Antonov AN-12BP in Moscow: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 29, 2007 at 0417 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RA-93912
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Moscow – Omsk – Bratsk – Komsomolsk-on-Amur
MSN:
4 3 417 09
YOM:
1964
Flight number:
VAS9655
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Moscow-Domodedovo Airport on a cargo flight to Komsomolsk-on-Amur with intermediate stops in Omsk and Bratsk, carrying seven crew members and a load of 9,043 kilos of various equipments for the Gagarin Aircraft Manufacturing Plant in Komsomolsk. The aircraft took off from Domodedovo Airport runway 32C at 0415LT. While climbing at a height of about 70-75 metres and a speed of 295 km/h, the aircraft collided with a flock of birds that struck both engines n°3 and 4. Almost simultaneously, both right engines stopped and their respective propeller autofeathered. The aircraft lost speed, rolled to the right to an angle of 45° then entered an uncontrolled descent before crashing a wooded area located 4 km from the airport, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 7 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control and subsequent ground impact during initial climb following the failure of both right engines due to a bird strike.
