Aeroflot flight 6263
| Aeroflot flight 6263 | |
|---|---|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Collision with an unknown object |
| place | Near Petuchowo , 91 km southwest of Perm |
| date | January 21, 1973 |
| Fatalities | 39 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-24B |
| operator | Aeroflot (North Caucasus) |
| Mark | CCCP-46276 |
| Departure airport | Krasnodar airport |
| Stopover | |
| Destination airport | Bolshoye Savino Airport |
| Passengers | 34 |
| crew | 5 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The Aeroflot Flight 6263 was a scheduled flight from Krasnodar to Perm on which an Antonov An-24 crashed on January 21, 1973rd
course
The Antonov An-24 took off from Kazan Airport at 10:46 p.m. with a course for Perm and rose to an altitude of 5,700 meters. At 11:54 p.m., the air traffic controller asked the pilots to descend to 4,500 meters. That was the last radio contact with the An-24. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft leaned almost 90 ° to the right and went into a dive . At an altitude of 2,500 meters, the wings and the tail broke off at a speed of approx. 860 km / h . The debris fell on the snow-covered ground 900 meters northwest of the village of Petuchowo . One passenger was recovered seriously injured but died on the way to the hospital. Thus none of the 39 inmates survived the accident.
Cause of accident
When the debris was sighted, traces of olive-green paint, holes and black fibers were found on the nose lining of the An-24, which indicate a collision in the air. It is believed that the Antonov An-24 collided with a radiosonde that destroyed the aileron controls and caused the pilots to lose control. According to the hydrometeorological service, there was no radiosonde in the air at the time of the accident. The theory of a launch was also considered, but could not be proven.
Similar accidents
In 1970 another An-24 collided with a radiosonde and had an accident (see Aeroflot flight 1661 ).
Web links
- Accident report An-24 CCCP-46276 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed July 31, 2019.
- Aircraft accident report on Airdisaster.ru, in Russian
Coordinates: 57 ° 36 ′ 36 ″ N , 54 ° 28 ′ 12 ″ E